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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
dogdoc commented on the word frampold
sour-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish
May 22, 2024