Meanings
comparative more vrot · superlative most vrot
- South Africarotten
The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer[…]
1979, South African journal of science, volumes 75-76, page 3991 more example
The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.
1994, Ella Mary Macphail, Ugogo and other stories from South Africa, page 33
Origin
- Afrikaansvrot
- Afrikaansvrot
- Englishvrot
Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”).
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vrot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vrot
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