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English Idioms :: frame of mind
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fraas.html - {n. phr.} One's mental outlook; the state of one's psychological condition, * /There is no use trying to talk to him while he is in such a negative frame of mind./ |
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Traditional English :: Fra
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fraas.html - n.
a prefixed title given to an Italian monk or friar. [It., abbr. of frate brother] |
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Traditional English :: frabjous
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fraas.html - adj. delightful, joyous. frabjously adv. [devised by Lewis Carroll, app. to suggest fair and joyous] |
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Traditional English :: fracas
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fraas.html - n.
(pl. same) a noisy disturbance or quarrel. [F f. fracasser f. It. fracassare make an uproar] |
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Traditional English :: fraction
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fraas.html - n. 1 a numerical quantity that is not a whole number (e.g. л, 0.5). 2 a small, esp. very small, part, piece, or amount. 3 a portion of a mixture separated by distillation etc. 4 Polit. any organized dissentient group, esp. a group of communists in a non-communist organization. 5 the division of the Eucharistic bread. fractionary adj. fractionize v.tr. (also -ise). [ME f. OF f. LL fractio -onis f. L frangere fract- break] |
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Traditional English :: fractional
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fraas.html - adj. 1 of or relating to or being a fraction. 2 very slight; incomplete. 3 Chem. relating to the separation of parts of a mixture by making use of their different physical properties (fractional crystallization; fractional distillation). fractionalize v.tr. (also -ise). fractionally adv. (esp. in sense 2). |
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