Hyphenation
de·fray·alPronunciation
Etymology
[ di-'frA, dE- ] (transitive verb.) 1536. Middle French deffrayer, from des- de- + frayer to expend, from Old French, from Old French frai expenditure, literally, damage by breaking, from Latin fractum, neuter of fractus, past participle of frangere to break; more at BREAK.