frou-frou
/ˈfɹuːfɹuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.77 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks."
- "[…]the frou-frou of life was lost to her[…]"
- "She was pretty, charming, and, moreover, a widow. And because of this she at once had at heel any number of Eldorado Kings, officials, and adventuring younger sons, whose ears were yearning for the frou-frou of a woman’s skirts."
- "“Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department,” said Holmes, with a smile, when the dwindling frou-frou of skirts had ended in the slam of the front door."
- "Lord Grenville took a hasty farewell of the ladies and slipped back into his box, where M. Chauvelin had sat all through this entr’acte, with his eternal snuff-box in his hand, and with his keen pale eyes intently fixed upon a box opposite to him, where, with much frou-frou of silken skirts, much laughter and general stir of curiosity amongst the audience, […]"
- "Impervious to the cheap perfumes and the frou-frou of young ladies' skirts, he finally and with deepest dread plunged ahead, banging in his ignorance on the keys as if they were a snare drum."
Etymology
Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: frou-frou
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/
- British English: /ˈfɹuːfɹuː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
frou-frous (plural)
froufrou (alternative)
froo-froo (alternative)
fru-fru (alternative)
froofroo (alternative)
frufru (alternative)
more frou-frou (comparative)
most frou-frou (superlative)
frou-frous (present, singular)
frou-frouing (participle, present)
frou-froued (participle, past)
frou-froued (past)