English Explanatory Dictionary

frounce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
  2. A plait or curl.
verb
  1. To curl.
  2. To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
  3. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.

Pronunciation

/fɹaʊns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frounce.wav

Word forms

frounce frounces frouncing frounced

Etymology

From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck₂.

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