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† ˈfroppish, a. Obs.
Also fropish.
[? f. *frop, var. of frap v. + -ish.]
Froward, fretful, peevish.
1659J. Alleine in Life (1838) Let. i. 140 As a man would give a thing to a froppish child. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 77. 2/2 A fropish, froward..Perverse Wife. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) IV. xxxvii. 260 So, once, he was as froppish as a child, on my calling him the man. 1784R. Bage Barham Downs I. 138, I was a giddy headed girl, too proud and froppish to take up with my sister's leavings.
Hence † ˈfroppishness.
1688S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 75 Whenever you find the Child in an Extravagant fit of Froppishness and Anger. 1754Richardson Grandison (ed. 7) V. 112 If my Lord will ask pardon for his froppishness, as we say of children. |