frore
frore adjective: extremely cold; frozen. Also the simple past and past participle of freeze.
Adjective
frore (comparative more frore, superlative most frore)
- Extremely cold; frozen.
- We die, even as the winds of Autumn fade,
Expiring in the frore and foggy air.1818, Percy Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, canto 9 - For heavenly beauty, mid perennial springs, Feels not the change, which frore sad winter brings.1883, Religion in Europe, historically considered, page 13
- We die, even as the winds of Autumn fade,
Also used as
frore is also the simple past and past participle of freeze.
Examples of frore in a sentence
- Or if one haulm whose year is o'er / Shivers on the upland frore.1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLVI, lines 15-16:
- My heart all Winter lay so numb / The earth so dead and frore.c. 1916, Rupert Brooke, Song:
Forms of frore
| comparative | more frore |
|---|---|
| superlative | most frore |
Origin of frore
From Middle English frore, froare, yfrore, froren, from Old English froren, ġefroren (“frozen”), from Proto-West Germanic *froʀan, from Proto-Germanic *fruzanaz (“frozen”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *freusaną (“to freeze”). Doublet of frorn and frozen.
Words formed from frore
Words that rhyme with frore
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Questions about frore
- What does frore mean?
- Frore means extremely cold; frozen.
- How do you use frore in a sentence?
- Or if one haulm whose year is o'er / Shivers on the upland frore.
- What part of speech is frore?
- Frore is an adjective.
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