Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A loud harsh sound; the report of something bursting; crash.
- noun A strong sweet scent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.
- noun Obs. & Illegitimate. A strong or sweet scent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
loud andsudden sound ; thereport of anythingbursting ; acrash . - noun obsolete, proscribed A strong or sweet
scent ;fragrance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word fragor, a noise or crash, appears to be an unnecessary addition where thunder is expressed, though sometimes so used by the poets, and may therefore, perhaps, imply such a noise from some other cause.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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The word fragor, a noise or crash, appears to be an unnecessary addition where thunder is expressed, though sometimes so used by the poets, and may therefore, perhaps, imply such a noise from some other cause.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Illius stetit ad modos torrentis rapidi fragor, oblitusque sequi fugam amisit liquor impetum; et dum fluminibus mora est, 10 defecisse putant Geten
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Sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor, æquora postquam
Dedication Vergil 1909
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B---- came to a bar's rest, the candles were snuffed, and he thrust the ignited wick into the usual place -- _fit fragor_, and bang went the fiddle to pieces.
The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Mark Lemon 1839
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Objedoque dabat clipeo certamina; et illinc Hedor erat, Trojae fvunmum decus: acer uterqoCi Fuhninibus ccelo veluti fragor editus alto;
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Continuo, vcntis furgcntibus, aut freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumefcerc, et aridas altis Montibus audiri fragor; aut refonantia longe Litora mifceri, et nemorum increbrefcere munnur.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Si moles magna vtriusque Occurfet fibimet velut obuia cominiis agris Compuliii aerio fragor intonat, amplaque late Murmura diicurrunt pariter crepitantibus auris.
Arati Solensis Phaenomena et Diosemea graece et latine ad codd. mss. et optimarvm edd. fidem recensita Buhle, Johann Gottlieb, 1763-1821, ed 1793
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Ille terrarum fragor « ille magnas Fulmen Ewiropae, Scythici tremendus Arbiter Ponti, piger obfoletis Abftiuet armis.
Matthiae Casimiri Sarbievii e Societate Jesu, Carmina Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Joannes Michael van der Ketten 1791
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VaSSII OBSERVATIONE5 nodbi praefercini percuciacur » quorum fragor h naviganct - bu9 ad quinquamnca eciam pasluum millia exaudiri poceft.
Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres: cum Petri Joannis Olivarii Valentini, viri in ... Pomponius Mela , Ermolao Barbaro, C . Julius Solinus 1782
qms commented on the word fragor
Eat lots of fruitcake and I’ll wager
The aftereffects will be major.
They’ll shortly erupt
Unplanned and abrupt
In a way that is doubly a fragor.
November 22, 2017