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froppish

froppish adjective: peevish; froward.

Adjective

froppish (comparative more froppish, superlative most froppish)

  1. (obsolete) peevish; froward
    • [H]is Enemies […] had still the same Power, and the same Malice, and a froppish Kind of Insolence, that delighted to deprive him of any Thing that pleased him, and manifestly pleased itself in vexing him.a. 1674, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, volume 1, page 510, published 1759

Forms of froppish

comparativemore froppish
superlativemost froppish

Origin of froppish

Compare frap, frape, and see -ish.

Questions about froppish

What does froppish mean?
Froppish means peevish; froward.
What part of speech is froppish?
Froppish is an adjective.

Words near froppish in the dictionary

  1. Froom
  2. Froome
  3. Froomkin
  4. froot
  5. froots
  6. froppish
  7. frore
  8. frorn
  9. frory
  10. fros
  11. Frosdick

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