frangent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin frangēns, present participle of frangō (“to break”). See fraction.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frangent (comparative more frangent, superlative most frangent)
- Causing fracture; breaking.
- December 9 1763, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Hertford
- they hissed in the most murderous manner: broke Mr. Sheriff Harley's coach-glass in the most frangent manner
- December 9 1763, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Hertford
References
[edit]- “frangent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Verb
[edit]frangent
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]frangent