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fremesis

/ˈfɹɛməsɪs/

fremesis noun: an arch frenemy.

Noun

fremesis (plural fremesises or fremeses)

  1. (informal) An arch frenemy.
    • “We’re not best friends, Millie.” “Right, I’m your nemesis—we love each other, but we’ve got some history.” “You’re not my nemesis.” “We are, we’re nemesises...es. We’re rivals who are also totally obsessed with each other—‘fremesises.’” “Oh, like Batman and Catwoman.” “And like socks and sandals.”2015 February 15, Greg Thompson, “The Millie-churian Candidate” (2:27 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Millie Frock (Molly Shannon)
    • Perez Hilton—nemesis turned fremesis2015 September 15, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, illustrated, reprint edition, Crown, →ISBN, page 292

Examples of fremesis in a sentence

  • A decade and half-ish on, Mitchell and Kuba are standing by for another momentus powwow with their fremesis.2017 August 1, Rob Reid, After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, Random House Worlds, →ISBN:
  • Fremesis?” “Frenemy?” Lee says with a smirk.2018 May 29, Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack: A Novel, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 270:
  • “Patty said she saw you drinking on the patio at the Scope as she was leaving work.” Patty, my fremesis, played bass in one of our lesser, Louise-picked bands.2023 July 11, Daniel Hornsby, chapter 2, in Sucker: A Novel, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:

Forms of fremesis

pluralfremesises
pluralfremeses

Origin of fremesis

Blend of friend + nemesis.

Questions about fremesis

What does fremesis mean?
Fremesis means an arch frenemy.
How do you use fremesis in a sentence?
A decade and half-ish on, Mitchell and Kuba are standing by for another momentus powwow with their fremesis.
What part of speech is fremesis?
Fremesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce fremesis?
Fremesis is pronounced /ˈfɹɛməsɪs/.
What is the plural of fremesis?
The plural of fremesis is fremesises.

Words near fremesis in the dictionary

  1. fremdschämen
  2. fremedly
  3. fremescence
  4. fremescent
  5. fremeses
  6. fremesis
  7. fremesises
  8. Fremin
  9. Fremington
  10. Fremins
  11. fremish

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