frossa

== Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From the verb frysa. Compare origin of the noun/verb pair droppe and drypa. Attested since 1578. ==== Noun ==== frossa c shivering with chills (while having fever) (figuratively) downturn ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German vratzen. Cognate of German fressen, Norwegian fråtse and Danish fråse. Doublet of fräta. Attested as a verb since 1526, and as a noun since 1990. ==== Verb ==== frossa (present frossar, preterite frossade, supine frossat, imperative frossa) to glut, to gorge, to feast (eat gluttonously) (figuratively) to revel ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Noun ==== frossa c (colloquial, often in compounds) gluttony, gorging Synonym: frosseri räkfrossa ― shrimp gorge fest ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== frossare (“glutton”) frosseri (“gluttony”) === References === “frossa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “frossa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “frossa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) frossa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)