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Webster 1913 Edition


Fragor


Fra′gor

,
Noun.
[L., a breaking to pieces, fr.
frangere
to break.]
1.
A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
I. Watts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fragor

FRA'GOR

,
Noun.
[L. See Break.]
1.
A loud and sudden sound; the report of any thing bursting; a loud harsh sound; a crash.
2.
A strong or sweet scent. obs.

Definition 2024


fragor

fragor

See also: frågor

English

Noun

fragor (plural fragors)

  1. A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
    • Isaac Watts
      The direful fragor, when some southern blast / Tears from the Alps a ridge of knotty oaks []

Etymology 2

By confusion with fragrant.

Noun

fragor (plural fragors)

  1. (obsolete, proscribed) A strong or sweet scent; fragrance.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)


Latin

Etymology

From frangō (break, shatter).

Pronunciation

Noun

fragor m (genitive fragōris); third declension

  1. a breaking, shattering
  2. a crash
    Sextus magnum 'fragorem audit'. - Sextus hears the great crash.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fragor fragōrēs
genitive fragōris fragōrum
dative fragōrī fragōribus
accusative fragōrem fragōrēs
ablative fragōre fragōribus
vocative fragor fragōrēs

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Spanish

Noun

fragor m (plural fragores)

  1. clamour, din