Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: fracture – frantic
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fracture (-ed), v. [see fracture, n.]
Crack; break.
fractured, verbal adj. [see fracture, n.]
Cracked; not whole.
fragile, adj. [L. fragilis.]
Delicate; weak; easily broken.
fragrant, adj. [L. 'to smell'.]
Sweet-smelling.
frail, adj. [OFr < L. fragilis.]
- Weak; breakable; [fig.] mortal; subject to death.
- Fleet; brief; transient.
frame, n. [ON frame, furtherance, advancement, or OE fram, forward, from; see frame, v.] (webplay: house).
- Appearance; aspect; [fig.] gown; clothes; dress; robe.
- Support; enclosing structure; [fig.] anatomy; human body; mortal physique.
- Coffin; wooden box.
- Structure; wooden form of a house; timbers of an edifice fitted and joined.
frame, v. [OE framian, to be helpful or profitable, to make progress.]
Style; adorn; prepare; make ready for use.
frank, adj. [OFr < med. L. francus, free.]
Open; undisguised.
Frankfort, proper n. [Frankenfurt, ford of the Franks on the River Main.]
German city; center of tobacco trade; European metropolis famous for industry, commerce and finance; [fig.] Germanic; Teutonic.
frantic, adj. [OFr < L. < Gk phrenitike, affected with delirium.]
Wild; distracted; outrageous; raving.