Webster's Dictionary 1913

4051

Frugiferous

Fru‐gif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. frugifer; frux, frugis, fruit + ferre to bear: cf. F. frugifere.] Producing fruit; fruitful; fructiferous. Dr. H. More.

4052

Frugivora

‖Fru‐giv″o‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Frugivorous.] (Zoöl.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit.

4053

Frugivorous

Fru‐giv″o‐rous (?), a. [L. frux, frugis, fruit + vorare to devour.: cf. F. frugivore.] Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant.

4054

Fruit

Fruit (?), n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Brook, v. t., and cf. Fructi...

4055

Fruit (2)

Fruit (?), v. i. To bear fruit. Chesterfield.

4056

Fruit'y

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

4057

Fruitage

Fruit″age (?), n. [F. fruitage.] 1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery.The trees... ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton.2. Product or result of any action; effect, goo...

4058

Fruiter

Fruit″er (?), a. A ship for carrying fruit.

4059

Fruiterer

Fruit″er‐er (?), n. [Cf. F. fruitier.] One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.

4060

Fruiteress

Fruit″er‐ess, n. A woman who sells fruit.

4061

Fruitery

Fruit″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Fruiteries (#). [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.]1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.2. A repository for fru...

4062

Fruitestere

Fruit″es‐tere (?), n. A fruiteress.

4063

Fruitful

Fruit″ful (?), a. Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. — ...

4064

Fruiting

Fruit″ing, a. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.

4065

Fruiting (2)

Fruit″ing, n. The bearing of fruit.

4066

Fruition

Fru‐i″tion (?), n. [OF. fruition, L. fruitio, enjoyment, fr. L. frui, p. p. fruitus, to use or enjoy. See Fruit, n.] Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompa...

4067

Fruitive

Fru″i‐tive (?), a. [See Fruition.] Enjoying; possessing. Boyle.

4068

Fruitless

Fruit″less (?), a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak.2. Productive of no advantage or ...

4069

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.

4070

Frumentarious

Fru′men‐ta″ri‐ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. Coles.

4071

Frumentation

Fru′men‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. frumentatio.] (Rom. Antiq.) A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.

4072

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.] H...

4073

Frump

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

4074

Frump (2)

Frump, n. 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. Beau. & Fl.2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. Halliwell.

4075

Frumper

Frump″er (?), n. A mocker. Cotgrave.

4076

Frumpish

Frump″ish, a. 1. Cross-tempered; scornful.2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.Our Bell... looked very frumpish. Foote.

4077

Frush

Frush (?), v. t. [F. froisser to bruise. Cf. Froise.] To batter; to break in pieces.I like thine armor well;I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all. Shak.