frice

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English

Etymology

As if to continue the sequence once, twice, thrice with four.

Pronunciation

Adverb

frice (not comparable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, humorous) four times
    • 1999, John R. Erickson, Gerald L. Holmes, Every dog has his day:
      [] not once or twice or thrice or frice, but many times, and always under awkward conditions.
    • 2001, Benedict Kelly, The collected stories of Benedict Kiely:
      [] and wince, she says, and twice and thrice and frice and fice and sice and seven-up sits the Star of the County Down []
    • 2001 February 7, "Joe", “Linnell finds the camera!”, in alt.music.tmbg[1] (Usenet), message-ID <95sa2g$debts$1@ID-50051.news.dfncis.de>:
      Three cheers for scratch: Hip hip huzzah! Hip hip huzzah! Hip hip huz-ZAH! Not only do I get to see it now, but I got to say huzzah thrice! Well, I guess now it's frice.
    • 2001 August 4, "Alan T Gower", “Seconds from Disaster”, in uk.rec.motorcycles[2] (Usenet), message-ID <3b6bac29$0$3761$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>:
      I've been caught out once or twice or thrice or frice.
    • 2015, “Chumbucket”, in Mad Max, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:
      Our sacred boost is now finally perfected! As powerful as can be... and FRICE can you use it!

Synonyms


Spanish

Verb

frice

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of frizar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of frizar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of frizar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of frizar.