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▪ I. frosh1, frosk Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 frox, forsc, 3–4 frosse, 3–5 frosk(e, 3, 5–6 frosche, 4–5 frossh(e, 5–7 frosh, 8–9 dial. frosk. pl. 3 frosse.
[See frog n.1]
A frog.
c1000ælfric Exod. viii. 4 To þe and to þinum folce and in to eallum þinum þeowum gað þa froxas. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 Neddren ant eauraskes [v. rr. eaureskes, eafroskes]. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2969 Ðo cam ðor up swilc froskes here ðe ðede al folc egipte dere. a1300Cursor M. 5928 Þat toþer on-com þat him fell Was frosse þat na tung moght tell. 1382Wyclif Ps. lxxvii. 45 He sente in..a frogge [v.r. frosshe], and it destroȝede them. a1400Morte Arth. 1081 His frount and his forheuede, alle was it ouer, As the felle of a froske. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 37 The frosshis..complayned that they had none lorde. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) 356 The mud hath in it certaine seed whereof greene froshes rise. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.), Frosh, a frog. 1690in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 288 It is order'd in Councel yt no allowance be given him to slutch y⊇ frosse lake. 1781Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss., Frosk. 1821Mrs. Wheeler Cumbld. Dial. App. 7 Thou cuddent tell me be a frosk, at hed been hung up beeth heels ith' sunshine, an dryt to deeth. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Frosg, Frosk. 1873Swaledale Gloss., Frosk.
▪ II. frosh2 N. Amer. slang.|frɒʃ|
Also † frosch.
[Modified shortening of freshman, perh. under influence of Ger. frosch frog, (dial.) grammar-school pupil.]
A college freshman; a member of a freshman sports team. Also freshmen collect., and attrib.
1915Univ. Oklahoman 29 Oct. 1/5 Some of the more advanced among the Frosch are holding out for ‘Back to Nature’ garb. 1915Dialect Notes IV. 236 Frosh, freshman. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §636/32 Member of freshman team, frosh, papoose, peagreener, yearling. 1947Chicago Daily News 29 Nov. 3/1 Dr. Snyder followed her dutifully, after donning the frosh cap she had brought for him. 1973Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 57 The 6-4, 205-pound frosh split end came up with a knee injury. 1985Univ. Waterloo (Ontario) Gaz. 11 Sept. 5 (heading) Wright gives frosh audience views on funding. Ibid. 5/1 ‘A university is a very special kind of place,’ Wright told the 2,000 frosh. |
