frood
frood · frooder · froodest
Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautiousShrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
/fɹuːd/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, UK, dialectal)Shrewd; sagacious; wary; cautious.
Origin
From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienFrom Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”). Cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”).
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Forms
frooder/more frood, froodest/most frood| Comparative | frooder / more frood Lesson |
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| Superlative | froodest / most frood Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form