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farrand

[ˈfæɹənd]

farrand adjective: having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.

Adjective

farrand

  1. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) Having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
    • A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected, and yet to go light-farrand under it.1660, Dickson, Writings
    • Likely he was, right fair and well farrand, Manly and stout, […]1756, William Hamilton, A New Edition of the Life and Heroick Actions of the renoun'd Sir William Wallace, etc.

Proper noun capitalized: Farrand

Farrand (plural Farrands)

  1. A surname.

Forms of farrand

Adjective
alternative formfarand
alternative formfarant
alternative formfarent
alternative formfarrant
alternative formfarren
Proper noun
pluralFarrands

Origin of farrand

From Middle English farand, farende, farinde, from Old English farende (present participle of Old English faran (“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”)), from Proto-Germanic *farandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, fare, travel”), equivalent to fare + -and. More at fare.

Words formed from farrand

Questions about farrand

What does farrand mean?
Farrand means having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
What part of speech is farrand?
Farrand can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce farrand?
Farrand is pronounced [ˈfæɹənd].

Words near farrand in the dictionary

  1. Farrah
  2. Farraj
  3. Farrajs
  4. Farrakhan
  5. Farran
  6. farrand
  7. farrandine
  8. farrandines
  9. Farrands
  10. Farranfore
  11. Farrans

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