frory

English

Etymology

From frore +‎ -y. Compare Old English frēoriġ (“freezing, frozen, cold, chilly; blanched with fear, sad, mournful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɔːɹi/

Adjective

frory (comparative more frory, superlative most frory)

1. (now rare) Frosty; frozen.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     An aged sire with head all frory hore,
     And sprinckled frost vpon his deawy beard […]

2. Covered with a froth resembling hoar frost.

Anagrams

• Forry