frow

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch vrouwe (lady), from Old Dutch *frōwa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (lady, mistress), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (right; judge, master).

Cognate with Dutch vrouw (woman, wife, lady, mistress), Low German frouw, frauw (woman, wife, lady), German Frau (woman, wife, lady), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (lady, mistress, in compounds), Old English frōwe (woman), Old English frēa (lord, master, husband). Doublet of frau, vrou, and vrouw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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frow (plural frows)

  1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
  2. (obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman.
  3. (obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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frow (plural frows)

  1. Alternative spelling of froe (cleaving tool)

Etymology 3

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From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frouȝ (brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose), cognate with Scots frooch, freuch (dry and brittle). Of obscure origin. Perhaps also related to Middle Dutch vro, vroo, Middle Low German vrô, German froh.

Adjective

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frow (comparative more frow, superlative most frow)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp
Derived terms
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch vrouw.

Noun

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frow

  1. woman
    Synonym: uma
  2. wife
    Synonym: wefi