US Politics | What does froideur mean?
EXPANDING your vocabulary is not just for kids, new words appear all the time and you shouldn't treat them with froideur. Froideur is a little used word and if you're wondering what on earth does it mean \- we've got you covered. The word froideur relates to feelings of coolness or distance between people. It is pronounced ...froi-deur... or ...fwa-der.... There may be a froideur towards the word in modern English but froideur can be impactful when used correctly. A person can have froideur in their general manner or a froideur can form in a relationship or conversation. AlamyFroideur means coldness or aloofness '/ ' You could say that after two people had a disagreement there was a froideur between them. Froideur does not just mean a coldness, it's more complex than that. Most read in News SAD LOSS Naked and Afraid contestant Melanie Rauscher 'found dead at friends' house' age 35 SHOCK DEATH Bodybuilder Jerry Ward dies suddenly aged 46 after complaining about rib pain A WARZONE Revelers seen fleeing in panic after reports of 'shooter' at Jazz Fest WALL OF FLAMES Wildfire near Yosemite sparks mass evacuation & threatens sequoia trees TEEN'S SHOCK KILLING Boy charged with murder after 14-year-old girl found dead by her mom SPEAR FISH Woman, 70, stabbed in groin by 100lb fish that leapt out of water & attacked her Dictionary.com defines froideur as ...an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.... This differs slightly to Merriam-Webster which defines it as ...coolness or extreme reserve in manner... which loses the aloofness. Whether reserved or aloof, a person with froideur will definitely not be all smiles and sunshine. Where did froideur originate from? Froideur, like many of our words, is borrowed from the French language. In French, froid means cold \- which becomes froideur for coldness using the masculine suffix. The first use of the word originates in around 1645, although it may have been used in spoken language before this. It's popularity in written English peaks in around 1750 but is used throughout the 1700s much more than it is today. Read More on The Sun NO KIDDING I'm too hot to send my kid to nursery - mums worry I'll sleep with husbands QUICK FIX Warning for EVERY iPhone owner after Apple rolls out critical update Froideur appears in articles from time to time with about two well-known papers and magazines using it each year. For example, Vogue used it in 2021 to describe fashion runways while The Hollywood Reporter used it the following year in a review.
No comments: