disfrock

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

English frock

English disfrock

From dis- + frock.

Verb

disfrock (third-person singular simple present disfrocks, present participle disfrocking, simple past and past participle disfrocked)

1. (transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.

References

• “disfrock” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Frosdick