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Examples
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“Pshaw, Peterkin,” answered his principal, “thou art ever such a frampold grumbler —”
Quentin Durward 2008
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Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him; hes a very jealousy man; she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.
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"Pshaw, Peterkin," answered his principal, "thou art ever such a frampold grumbler --"
Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801
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II. ii.94 (236,1) [frampold] This word I have never seen elsewhere, except in Dr. Hacket's _Life of Archbishop Williams_, where a
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him: he's a very jealousy man: she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.
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Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him; he's a very jealousy man; she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him: he’s a very jealousy man: she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.
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A reader lights for the first time on one of these obsolete English words, as ‘frampold’, or ‘garboil’, or ‘brangle’ {198}; he is at once conscious of his ignorance; he has recourse to a glossary, of if he guesses from the context at the word’s signification, still his guess is as a guess to him, and no more.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Alas, the sweet woman leads an ill life with him! he’s a very jealousy man: she leads a very frampold life with him, good heart.
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
reesetee commented on the word frampold
"Alas! the sweet woman leads an ill life with him;
he's a very jealousy man; she leads a very frampold
life with him, good heart."
--The Merry Wives of Windsor
Edit: Just saw this same quote in the Examples. Oops.
June 11, 2010
oroboros commented on the word frampold
Bad tempered or peevish according to NPR's Says You!.
July 9, 2016