Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Peevish; froward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Peevish; froward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
peevish ;froward
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can't say I know what he means; but he speaks rather froppish.
Camilla 2008
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Now can I laugh at him; and, if the baby is froppish, can coax him into good humour.
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I can't say I know what he means; but he speaks rather froppish.
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So, once, he was as froppish as a child, on my calling him the man; a higher distinction, I think, than if I had called him a king, or a prince.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Samuel Richardson 1725
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You never, Sir, will be so froppish as I have been: it was in my nature: I could not help it: but I was always sorry for it afterwards But if Harriet make i/otc no worse a wife than my dame Selby has made 7ne, you will not be unhappy And yet I was led a tedious dance after her, before I knew what she would be at I had like to have forgot that.
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