ffroenuchel

Welsh

Etymology

ffroen (“nostril”) +‎ uchel (“high”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /frɔɨ̯ˈnɨ̞χɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /frɔɨ̯ˈnɨ̞χal/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /frɔi̯ˈnɪχɛl/

Adjective

ffroenuchel (feminine singular ffroenuchel, plural ffroenuchel, equative mor ffroenuchel, comparative mwy ffroenuchel, superlative mwyaf ffroenuchel, not mutable)

1. haughty
   • 2018, Ruth Richards, Siani Flewog, Y Lolfa, page 13:

     Os oedd rhywun fel roialti, Augusta oedd honno, yn fwy ffroenuchel na'r un pen coronog yn Ewrop.

     If there was someone like royalty, this was Augusta, haughtier than any crowned head in Europe.

Derived terms

• ffroenucheledd m (“superciliousness”)

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffroenuchel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies