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Definition frounce

Etymology

From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkja "a wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *hrunkij?, *hrunkit? (“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.

Noun

frounce (plural frounces)

1. A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
2. A plait or curl.

Verb

frounce (third-person singular simple present frounces, present participle frouncing, simple past and past participle frounced)

1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To curl.
2. (rare) To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
3. To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.

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