frondent

English

Etymology

From Latin frondens, present participle of frondere (“to put forth leaves”). See frond.

Adjective

frondent (comparative more frondent, superlative most frondent)

1. (archaic) Covered with leaves; leafy.

   a frondent tree

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VII (The Insurrection of Women), page 260:

     And near before us is Versailles, New and Old; with that broad frondent Avenue de Versailles between,—stately-frondent, broad, three hundred feet as men reckon, with four Rows of Elms

References

• “frondent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• front end, front-end, frontend

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fronde, frondes

Verb

frondent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of fronder

Latin

Verb

frondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of frondeō