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    • 1.2.1 Alternative forms
    • 1.2.2 Noun
  • 1.3 Etymology 2
    • 1.3.1 Adjective
      • 1.3.1.1 Derived terms
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    • 1.3.2 See also
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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈfɹɒɡi/, /ˈfɹɑɡi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡi
• Hyphenation: frog‧gy

Etymology 1

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From frog +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutives).[1]

Alternative forms

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• froggie

Noun

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froggy (plural froggies)

1. (childish or endearing) A frog.
   • a. 1600, unknown author, Frog Went a-Courting:'Pray, Mistress Mouse, will you give us some beer?Heigho, says Rowley,For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.'
   • a. 1900, unknown author, Frogs at School:Twenty froggies went to school, down beside a rushy poolTwenty little coats of green, twenty vests all white and clean
2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A French person.

Etymology 2

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From frog +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives).[2]

Adjective

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froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

1. Froglike. Synonyms: froggish, frogly, ranine
2. Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
   • 1938, The American Legion Magazine:Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.
3. (slang) Inclined to fight; aggressive.
   • 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn‎[1], Simon and Schuster:Now jump, if you still feel froggy.
4. (slang) Energetic or strong.
   • 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]

Derived terms

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• froggily
• frogginess

Translations

[edit] froglike — see froglike

See also

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• anuran
• batrachian
• salientian
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly
• toady

References

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1. ^ “froggy, n. and adj.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
2. ^ “froggy, adj.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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