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Added 9 October 2026

frore

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about frore at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Very cold.
whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet

Origin

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.

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