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freck

freck · more freck · most freck

Not showing proper respectNot showing proper respect; impertinent, impudent.

/fɹɛk/

Значение

значений: 4

(Северная Англия, архаичное)Not showing proper respect; impertinent, impudent.
(Шотландия, архаичное)Bold, brave, courageous.
(Шотландия, архаичное)Physically active and healthy; robust, vigorous.
(Шотландия, архаичное)Often followed by for or to: eager to do something; also, quick to act when an opportunity arises; prompt.

Происхождение

From Middle English frecch, frecche (“bold, brave; fierce; greedy, voracious”), frek (“bol

From Middle English frecch, frecche (“bold, brave; fierce; greedy, voracious”), frek (“bold, brave; fierce; eager, zealous; fast, quick; greedy (?)”), from Old English frec, fræc (“audacious, bold; greedy”) from Proto-West Germanic *frek (“greedy”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to covet; to yearn”).

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