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freck

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

/fɹɛk/

Значення

значень: 4

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

Походження

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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