froggyn.adj.²

Brit.

/ˈfrɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈfrɔɡi/,

/ˈfrɑɡi/

Forms: 1800s froggee, 1800s– froggie, 1800s– froggy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. In senses A. 2, B. after frog n.¹ 10. With sense B. compare froggy adj.¹

A. n. colloquial.

1. nursery, humorous, or as a pet name. A frog.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog

froshc1000

frouda1200

toada1300

paddockc1300

paddoc1480

hipfrog1611

croaker1651

Dutch nightingale1769

froggy?1800

fen-nightingalea1825

yellowbellyc1825

greenback1876

?1800 Garland New Songs 4 So here is an end to one, two, and three, Heigho, said Rowly, The rat, the mouse, and little froggy, With a rowly powly, [etc.].

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 121 A bit bonny yellow meadow-born spanking froggy.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 119 A series of frogs, from the full-grown froggy..down to that minute frogling—a tadpole.

1904 M. M. Dodge Rhymes & Jingles 183 With his garment of green, Just the handsomest froggy That ever was seen.

1945 Statesville (N. Carolina) Daily Record 14 Feb. 2/1 We wouldn't be surprised if the little froggies bump their heads on a layer of ice one of these fine mornings!

2003 Sugar Aug. 61/1 Watch out for frogs falling from the sky! This can happen if a strong wind lifts groups of froggies from ponds, then dumps 'em.

2. Chiefly derogatory. Frequently with capital initial. A French person or (occasionally) French people collectively; (also) a French-speaker or person of French descent, esp. a French-Canadian. Also occasionally as a form of address. Cf. frog n.¹ 10.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France

FrenchmanOE

monsieur?a1513

Gaul1630

frog1657

Gallic1755

mounseer1755

parleyvoo1755

frog-eater1766

Galloman1787

mossoo1809

Frencher1826

Frenchy1829

parley1831

crapaud?c1834

wi-wi1841

froggy1853

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Old Field Officer ix. 264 The Froggies are brave fellows enough..but when they cross swords with English yeomen, it's easy enough to see what'll happen.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 82 This arose not from a tendency to underrate, as when Frenchmen were dubbed Froggies.

1883 Referee 15 July 7/3 While Ned from Boulogne says ‘Oui, mon brave, The Froggies must answer for Tamatave.’

1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore i. 11 Froggee answers with a shout As he sees us go about.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 203 With the assistance of ‘Froggy’, we succeeded in filling all our bottles.

1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. iv. ii. 241 Don't go, Fowler... I can't talk to those Froggies.

1965 Guardian 3 Sept. 9/6 A group of stage-type Limeys spend a weekend in France where they mix with a series of stage-type Froggies.

1999 D. Cruise & A. Griffiths Working the Land iii. 160 They've faced down recalcitrant heifers in thirty-two states and as far away as Quebec. ‘Those froggies sure can ride.’

2007 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. (News section) 12 What animosity remains has been relegated to name-calling, with the French and British reduced to froggies and rosbifs (roast beef) respectively.

B. adj.²

colloquial (chiefly derogatory). Frequently with capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of France or French people collectively; (also) of, relating to, or designating a French-speaker or person of French descent, esp. a French-Canadian, or such people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [adjective]

FrenchOE

Frenchly1530

Frank1552

Gaulish1656

Gallic1672

parleyvoo1778

Gallo-American1797

Gaulic1840

Gallo-German1861

froggy1937

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective]

FrenchOE

galliana1616

froggy1954

1937 in E. Partridge Dict. Slang Froggie or Froggy, a Frenchman... Also adj.

1954 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 410 Do you think you could get the Froggy and Eyeteye advances off to me at a convenient interval after they arrive?

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose viii. 84 What about that froggy girl, the one you met in Singapore?

1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 Nov. Waters was masterly in his playing of Henri..avoiding all the froggy, accentuated mannerisms..non-French actors so frequently tend to adopt.

2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? i. 8 The second her immaculate ear discerned anything approaching a French accent in me—‘Darling, don't be froggy’.

Compounds

Froggy-land n. colloquial France.

ΚΠ

1895 C. Vane Desire Moth xx. 214 You get the tout ensemble, as they call it in Froggy-land.

1907 C. M. Gaskell Prose Idyls West Riding ix. 181 I'm comin' with yer..to Froggy-land.

1984 C. V. Allen Pieces of Dreams (1998) 227 My old friend Mick and I are off to Quebec City... I'll write again to regale you with tales of my adventures upon my return from Froggy-land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

froggyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈfrɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈfrɔɡi/,

/ˈfrɑɡi/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– froggy, 1600s 1900s– froggie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare froggish adj.

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a frog; suggestive of or resembling (that of) a frog. Chiefly depreciative.In early quots. alluding to Revelation 16:13 ‘And I saw three vncleane spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, & out of the mouth of the beast, & out of the mouth of the false prophet’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > of or relating to frog > frog-like or shaped

froggyc1590

froggish1632

batrachoid1825

raniform1853

c1590 H. Broughton Concent of Script. sig. G.2 Their three froggy spirites, that of imperiall power, that of false prophecy, that of Satans sleight: all three bryng their Nauy, and other force, as to the waters of Mageddon, to be cut in peeces.

1610 H. Broughton Reuelation Holy Apocalyps (new ed.) ii. xvi. 246 Their spirites bee vncleane for doctrine of Diuells, from the froggie puddles of slimie doctrine.

1837 T. P. Thompson Lett. Representative 2nd Ser. 28 The little Whigs..are puffing out their froggy sides to the dimensions of the ox.

1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross xxxviii. 294 Wot business have you to be cold?—Think o' ginger. I'm froggy myself, but I doesn't cry!

1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 59 Froggy faces.

1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 19 Sept. 3/3 We all have froggy moods.

1958 N. Levine Canada made Me iii. 89 He was blond with a round baby face and froggy eyes that slanted upwards.

1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) v. 104 Mademoiselle's were unpleasant because of the froggy gloss on their tight skin besprinkled with brown ecchymotic spots.

1999 J. Arnott Long Firm v. 320 Behind the counter a very fat man with lank greasy hair and froggy eyes was reading Exchange & Mart.

2. Inhabited by or full of frogs.In quot. 1720 with allusion to the Netherlands; cf. frog n.¹ 9, Froglander n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > of or relating to frog > having or abounding in frogs

froggy1611

paddocky1828

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grenouilliere, a froggie place.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §11. 55 Both..names signifie flumen deriuatum (a Riuer deriued) also Acracanus, quasi Ranosus, by reason of the froggie Fennes which it maketh.

1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 6 Dear Sea, be tenty how thou flows at Shams of Hogland Gad'rens in their froggy Dams, Lest in their muddy Bogs thou chance to sink, Where thou may'st stagnate, syne of Course maun stink.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 458 A..slimy, froggy pool.

1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv Why are you wandering up and down the very froggiest and toadiest path in the garden?

1919 C. Fort Bk. Damned vii, in Compl. Bks. (1974) 81 Some especially froggy place near Europe...that all small frogs falling from the sky in Europe come from.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways viii. vi. 319 The canal, only four feet deep in its early years, had become a rank, bosky, froggy trough.

2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! iii. 28 The Wentworth Refinery is there on drained ground of the bubbly froggy chirpy marsh.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	froggy
释义	froggyn.adj.² Brit. /ˈfrɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɡi/, /ˈfrɑɡi/ Forms: 1800s froggee, 1800s– froggie, 1800s– froggy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -y suffix⁶. In senses A. 2, B. after frog n.¹ 10. With sense B. compare froggy adj.¹ A. n. colloquial. 1. nursery, humorous, or as a pet name. A frog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog froshc1000 frouda1200 toada1300 paddockc1300 paddoc1480 hipfrog1611 croaker1651 Dutch nightingale1769 froggy?1800 fen-nightingalea1825 yellowbellyc1825 greenback1876 ?1800 Garland New Songs 4 So here is an end to one, two, and three, Heigho, said Rowly, The rat, the mouse, and little froggy, With a rowly powly, [etc.]. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 121 A bit bonny yellow meadow-born spanking froggy. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 119 A series of frogs, from the full-grown froggy..down to that minute frogling—a tadpole. 1904 M. M. Dodge Rhymes & Jingles 183 With his garment of green, Just the handsomest froggy That ever was seen. 1945 Statesville (N. Carolina) Daily Record 14 Feb. 2/1 We wouldn't be surprised if the little froggies bump their heads on a layer of ice one of these fine mornings! 2003 Sugar Aug. 61/1 Watch out for frogs falling from the sky! This can happen if a strong wind lifts groups of froggies from ponds, then dumps 'em. 2. Chiefly derogatory. Frequently with capital initial. A French person or (occasionally) French people collectively; (also) a French-speaker or person of French descent, esp. a French-Canadian. Also occasionally as a form of address. Cf. frog n.¹ 10. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Old Field Officer ix. 264 The Froggies are brave fellows enough..but when they cross swords with English yeomen, it's easy enough to see what'll happen. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 82 This arose not from a tendency to underrate, as when Frenchmen were dubbed Froggies. 1883 Referee 15 July 7/3 While Ned from Boulogne says ‘Oui, mon brave, The Froggies must answer for Tamatave.’ 1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore i. 11 Froggee answers with a shout As he sees us go about. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 203 With the assistance of ‘Froggy’, we succeeded in filling all our bottles. 1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. iv. ii. 241 Don't go, Fowler... I can't talk to those Froggies. 1965 Guardian 3 Sept. 9/6 A group of stage-type Limeys spend a weekend in France where they mix with a series of stage-type Froggies. 1999 D. Cruise & A. Griffiths Working the Land iii. 160 They've faced down recalcitrant heifers in thirty-two states and as far away as Quebec. ‘Those froggies sure can ride.’ 2007 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. (News section) 12 What animosity remains has been relegated to name-calling, with the French and British reduced to froggies and rosbifs (roast beef) respectively. B. adj.² colloquial (chiefly derogatory). Frequently with capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of France or French people collectively; (also) of, relating to, or designating a French-speaker or person of French descent, esp. a French-Canadian, or such people collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [adjective] FrenchOE Frenchly1530 Frank1552 Gaulish1656 Gallic1672 parleyvoo1778 Gallo-American1797 Gaulic1840 Gallo-German1861 froggy1937 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective] FrenchOE galliana1616 froggy1954 1937 in E. Partridge Dict. Slang Froggie or Froggy, a Frenchman... Also adj. 1954 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 410 Do you think you could get the Froggy and Eyeteye advances off to me at a convenient interval after they arrive? 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose viii. 84 What about that froggy girl, the one you met in Singapore? 1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 6 Nov. Waters was masterly in his playing of Henri..avoiding all the froggy, accentuated mannerisms..non-French actors so frequently tend to adopt. 2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? i. 8 The second her immaculate ear discerned anything approaching a French accent in me—‘Darling, don't be froggy’. Compounds Froggy-land n. colloquial France. ΚΠ 1895 C. Vane Desire Moth xx. 214 You get the tout ensemble, as they call it in Froggy-land. 1907 C. M. Gaskell Prose Idyls West Riding ix. 181 I'm comin' with yer..to Froggy-land. 1984 C. V. Allen Pieces of Dreams (1998) 227 My old friend Mick and I are off to Quebec City... I'll write again to regale you with tales of my adventures upon my return from Froggy-land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). froggyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈfrɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɡi/, /ˈfrɑɡi/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– froggy, 1600s 1900s– froggie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare froggish adj. 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a frog; suggestive of or resembling (that of) a frog. Chiefly depreciative.In early quots. alluding to Revelation 16:13 ‘And I saw three vncleane spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, & out of the mouth of the beast, & out of the mouth of the false prophet’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > of or relating to frog > frog-like or shaped froggyc1590 froggish1632 batrachoid1825 raniform1853 c1590 H. Broughton Concent of Script. sig. G.2 Their three froggy spirites, that of imperiall power, that of false prophecy, that of Satans sleight: all three bryng their Nauy, and other force, as to the waters of Mageddon, to be cut in peeces. 1610 H. Broughton Reuelation Holy Apocalyps (new ed.) ii. xvi. 246 Their spirites bee vncleane for doctrine of Diuells, from the froggie puddles of slimie doctrine. 1837 T. P. Thompson Lett. Representative 2nd Ser. 28 The little Whigs..are puffing out their froggy sides to the dimensions of the ox. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross xxxviii. 294 Wot business have you to be cold?—Think o' ginger. I'm froggy myself, but I doesn't cry! 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iii. 59 Froggy faces. 1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 19 Sept. 3/3 We all have froggy moods. 1958 N. Levine Canada made Me iii. 89 He was blond with a round baby face and froggy eyes that slanted upwards. 1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) v. 104 Mademoiselle's were unpleasant because of the froggy gloss on their tight skin besprinkled with brown ecchymotic spots. 1999 J. Arnott Long Firm v. 320 Behind the counter a very fat man with lank greasy hair and froggy eyes was reading Exchange & Mart. 2. Inhabited by or full of frogs.In quot. 1720 with allusion to the Netherlands; cf. frog n.¹ 9, Froglander n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > of or relating to frog > having or abounding in frogs froggy1611 paddocky1828 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grenouilliere, a froggie place. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §11. 55 Both..names signifie flumen deriuatum (a Riuer deriued) also Acracanus, quasi Ranosus, by reason of the froggie Fennes which it maketh. 1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 6 Dear Sea, be tenty how thou flows at Shams of Hogland Gad'rens in their froggy Dams, Lest in their muddy Bogs thou chance to sink, Where thou may'st stagnate, syne of Course maun stink. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 458 A..slimy, froggy pool. 1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xxiv Why are you wandering up and down the very froggiest and toadiest path in the garden? 1919 C. Fort Bk. Damned vii, in Compl. Bks. (1974) 81 Some especially froggy place near Europe...that all small frogs falling from the sky in Europe come from. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways viii. vi. 319 The canal, only four feet deep in its early years, had become a rank, bosky, froggy trough. 2004 H. Strachan Make a Skyf, Man! iii. 28 The Wentworth Refinery is there on drained ground of the bubbly froggy chirpy marsh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.²?1800adj.¹c1590
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froggyn.adj.2

Compounds

froggyadj.1

froggyn.adj.²

froggyadj.¹