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frondy

frondy adjective: having fronds.

Adjective

frondy (comparative more frondy, superlative most frondy)

  1. Having fronds.
    • Only when he was already pulling at the frondy weed by Food Cliff did he pause.1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin
    • Content yourself with a pizza (€11 to €12.50), take it relatively light with one of the vast, frondy salads, or perhaps go for a plate of steaming mussels, prepared in six different ways.2010, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, page 75

Forms of frondy

comparativemore frondy
superlativemost frondy

Origin of frondy

From frond + -y.

Questions about frondy

What does frondy mean?
Frondy means having fronds.
What part of speech is frondy?
Frondy is an adjective.

Words near frondy in the dictionary

  1. frondosely
  2. frondoside
  3. frondosides
  4. frondous
  5. fronds
  6. frondy
  7. Frongoch
  8. Fronk
  9. Fronks
  10. Fronnie
  11. frons

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