frounce

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Определение frounce в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

to curl

A canker in the mouth of a hawk

to crease, wrinkle

{v} to curl the hair

{n} a disorder, a wart

{f} wrinkle one's brow in displeasure or anger, scowl, frown; gather into or decorate with plaits (as a dress); form wrinkles

To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair

To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to frown

A wrinkle, plait, or curl; a flounce; also, a frown

An affection in hawks, in which white spittle gathers about the hawk's bill

Этимология

() From Middle English frouncen from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hrunkja "a wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *xrunkjō, *xrunkitō (“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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