frock
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noun
1.
a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
2.
a loose outer garment worn by peasants and workers; smock.
3.
a coarse outer garment with large sleeves, worn by monks.
4.
verb (used with object)
5.
to provide with, or clothe in, a frock.
6.
to invest with priestly or clerical office.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English froke < Old French froc < Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
1300–50; Middle English froke < Old French froc < Frankish; compare Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat
Related forms
frock·less, adjective
un·der·frock, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | a girl's or woman's dress |
| 2. | a loose garment of several types, such as a peasant's smock |
| 3. | a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to invest (a person) with the office or status of a cleric |
| [C14: from Old French froc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German hroc coat] | |
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Word Origin & History
frock
mid-14c., from O.Fr. froc "a monk's habit" (12c.), perhaps from Frank. *hroc (cf. O.H.G. hroc "mantle, coat;" O.N. rokkr, O.E. rocc, O.Fris. rokk, Ger. Rock "coat"), from PIE base *rug- "to spin." Another theory traces it to M.L. floccus, from L. floccus "flock of wool." Non-religious use is 1530s.
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Example sentences
We suddenly felt a bit silly in our diaphanous garden-party frock.
Figures in frock coats wielding silver spoons appear on the horizon.
But his motive for speaking and writing had not changed with the shedding of his frock.
Since the era of frock coats and buckled shoes, finance has been knocked back by booms and busts every ten years or so.
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