Fruit"less*ly, adv.Fruit"lness*ness, n.

Fruit'y
(Fruit'y) a. Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.

Frumentaceous
(Fru"men*ta"ceous) a. [L. frumentaceus, fr. frumentum corn or grain, from the root of frux fruit: cf. F. frumentacé. See Frugal.] Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.

Frumentarious
(Fru`men*ta"ri*ous) a. [L. frumentarius.] Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [R.] Coles.

Frumentation
(Fru`men*ta"tion) n. [L. frumentatio.] (Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

Frumenty
(Fru"men*ty) n. [OF. fromentée, fr. L. frumentum. See Frumentaceous.] Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. [Written also furmenty and furmity.] Halliwell.

Frump
(Frump) v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. frumple to wrinkle, ruffle, D. frommelen.] To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Frump
(Frump), n.

1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Frumper
(Frump"er) n. A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Frumpish
(Frump"ish), a.

1. Cross-tempered; scornful. [Obs.]

2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.

Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish.
Foote.

Frush
(Frush) v. t. [F. froisser to bruise. Cf. Froise.] To batter; to break in pieces. [Obs.]

I like thine armor well;
I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all.
Shak.

Frush
(Frush), a. Easily broken; brittle; crisp.

Frush
(Frush), n. Noise; clatter; crash. [R.] Southey.

Frush
(Frush), n. [Cf. OE. frosch, frosk, a frog G. frosch frog (the animal), also carney or lampass of horses. See Frog, n., 2.]

1. (Far.) The frog of a horse's foot.

2. A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; — also caled thrush.

Frustrable
(Frus"tra*ble) a. [L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable.] Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.

Frustraneous
(Frus*tra"ne*ous) a. [See Frustrate, a.] Vain; useless; unprofitable. [Obs.] South.

Frustrate
(Frus"trate) a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak.


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