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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French fripon.
Noun
fripon c
- rogue, rascal
1843, Danske magazin, page 132:... at Kongen derfor skulde faae en Person uden Stand, uden Charakteer, en fripon og Spion af Profession, og som meer end eengang havde undveget Strikken; ...- ... that the king should therefore get a person without position, without character, a rogue and spy by profession, who had more than once escaped the noose; ...
1900, Oscar Levertin, Rococo Noveller:Madame Ruhnkenia laa halvt paa sin gule Ottoman i halvt deshabillée med en Fripon af en Sko skælmsk kiggende frem under Kjolens Folder.- Madame Ruhnkenia half-lay on her yellow sofa in a state of intermediate undress, with a rascal of a shoe roguishly peeking out from the folds of the dress.
2001 January 14, “Petrus von Thyssen”, in Jyllands-Posten:Se, sådan taler, med grandezza, en hædersmand, og sådan sættes en radikal fripon på plads.- See, thus an honest man speaks with grandezza, and thus is a radical rascal put in his/her place.
French
Etymology
From Middle French friper and -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
fripon m (plural fripons, feminine friponne)
- rascal, rogue
Adjective
fripon (feminine friponne, masculine plural fripons, feminine plural friponnes)
- mischievous
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fripon.
Noun
fripon m (plural friponi)
- rascal, rogue
Declension