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franion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cheerful, frivolous person, a silly man; a loose woman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 12-14, [...] as I am frollicke franion, never in all my life was I so dead slaine.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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