Afroth

//əˈfɹɒθ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with froth, foam. not-comparable

    "Fine the horses, with flying manes and tight lithe bodies, shoulders sweating, muscles rippling, mouths afroth."

  2. 2
    Full of, or covered with something. figuratively, not-comparable

    "The charms of a blue-eyed chestnut-haired maiden in a turquoise muslin, with a brown boa, and a brown chip hat afroth with brown feathers, could not be gainsaid."

  3. 3
    Excited. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Last Saturday, the day before the Oscars, when the entire fashion world was afroth about which starlet was planning to wear what the next night, a small item in The New York Times caught our eye."

Example

More examples

"Fine the horses, with flying manes and tight lithe bodies, shoulders sweating, muscles rippling, mouths afroth."

Etymology

From a- + froth.

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