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English
Etymology
From Latin frondens, present participle of frondere (“to put forth leaves”). See frond.
Adjective
frondent (comparative more frondent, superlative most frondent)
- (archaic) Covered with leaves; leafy.
- a frondent tree
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History , volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VII (The Insurrection of Women), page 260:And near before us is Versailles, New and Old; with that broad frondent Avenue de Versailles between,—stately-frondent, broad, three hundred feet as men reckon, with four Rows of Elms
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
frondent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of fronder
Latin
Verb
frondent
- third-person plural present active indicative of frondeō