fraischeur
English
Etymology
Old French, French fraîcheur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪʃə(ɹ)/
Noun
fraischeur (uncountable)
- (obsolete) freshness; coolness
- 1661, John Dryden, To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on His Coronation
- Hither in summer evenings you repair,
To taste the fraischeur of the purer air.
- Hither in summer evenings you repair,
- 1661, John Dryden, To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on His Coronation
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fraischeur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Middle French
Noun
fraischeur f (plural fraischeurs)
- freshness
Descendants
- French: fraîcheur