frogsome

adj

frogsome

adj

Etymology From frog + -some.

1

Characteristic of frogs or marked by froggishness; frogly

  • Never was he made to strut More than crab or mariput; Could not copy elegance In his frogsome circumstance; […]1911, Frederick Fanning Ayer, Bell and Wing:
  • "Shalt along wi' Happy Dan, in irons, so that if so be ye've lied to us, and Vanity wench proves to be otherwhere than Aves, he may dispose o' ye right painful an' slow, wi' Frogsome tricks and torments — " But at this his followers cried out.1996, George MacDonald Fraser, The Pyrates:
1 more example
  • We cannot wait for the summer! There are so many frogsome new things that we have planned.2016, NÉPRA:

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