frock
[ frok ]
/ frɒk /
noun
a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.
a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.
verb (used with object)
to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
to invest with priestly or clerical office.
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RELATED WORDS
appoint, elect, anoint, nominate, bless, consecrate, enact, legislate, decree, set, frock, deal, institute, invest, fix, impose, pronounce, rule, will, commission
Nearby words
- fro,
- fro-yo,
- frobisher,
- frobisher bay,
- frobisher, sir martin,
- frock coat,
- frock tart,
- frocking,
- froe,
- froebel
Origin of frock
1300–50; Middle English froke < Old French froc < Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
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frocking
/ (ˈfrɒkɪŋ) /
noun
coarse material suitable for making frocks or work clothes
frock
/ (frɒk) /
noun
a girl's or woman's dress
a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock
a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders
verb
(tr) to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric
Word Origin for frock
C14: from Old French froc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
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frock
mid-14c., from Old French froc "a monk's habit" (12c.), of unknown origin; perhaps from Frankish *hrok or some other Germanic source (cf. Old High German hroc "mantle, coat;" Old Norse rokkr, Old English rocc, Old Frisian rokk, German Rock "coat"), from PIE root *rug- "to spin."
Another theory traces it to Medieval Latin floccus, from Latin floccus "flock of wool." Meaning "outer garment for women or children" is from 1530s. Frock-coat attested by 1823.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper