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English
Etymology
From frog + -y.
Pronunciation
Noun
froggy (plural froggies)
- (childish or endearing) A frog.
a. 1600, unknown author, Frog Went a-Courting:'Pray, Mistress Mouse, will you give us some beer?
Heigho, says Rowley,
For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.'
a. 1900, unknown author, Frogs at School:Twenty froggies went to school, down beside a rushy pool
Twenty little coats of green, twenty vests all white and clean
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.
Adjective
froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)
- Froglike.
- Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
1938, The American Legion Magazine:Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.
- (slang) Inclined to fight; aggressive.
1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn, Simon and Schuster:Now jump, if you still feel froggy.
- (slang) Energetic or strong.
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