vrot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”).

Adjective

vrot (comparative more vrot, superlative most vrot)

1. (South Africa) rotten
   • 1979, South African journal of science (volumes 75-76, page 399)

     The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer […]

   • 1994, Ella Mary Macphail, Ugogo and other stories from South Africa (page 33)

     The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.

Anagrams

• RVOT

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• verrot

Etymology

From Dutch verrotten, verrot. Compare also verrot, from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɔt/

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Adjective

vrot (attributive vrot, comparative vrotter, superlative vrotste)

1. rotten

Verb

vrot (present vrot, present participle vrottende, past participle vrot)

1. (intransitive) to rot