frouncing

Variant of frounce

frounce definition

frounce (fro̵uns)

transitive verb, intransitive verb frounced, frouncing frounc′·ing

Obsolete to curl, crease, or wrinkle

Etymology: ME frouncen < OFr froncir, to wrinkle < Frank *hrunkja, a wrinkle, akin to ON hrukka

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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