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Definition: FROST-BITTEN

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.[Websters]
2. Being frozen. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb frost-bittenly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(frost-bittenly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective frost-bitten.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Frost-bitten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Definition: FROST-BITTEN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.[Websters]
2. Being frozen. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb frost-bittenly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(frost-bittenly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective frost-bitten.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FROST-BITTEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)