freak
English
/fɹiːk/, /fɹiːk/
noun
Definitions
- A sudden change of mind
- Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- A hippie.
- A drug addict.
- (of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- (informal) A very sexually perverse individual.
- (dated) A streak of colour; variegation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English friken inherited from Old English frician (dance, leap) derived from Middle English frek (daring, insolent) derived from Old English frec (bold, greedy, daring, eager, dangerous, desirous) derived from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frekaz
Gloss
greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beat English
- cyberfreak English
- defreak English
- demo English
- demofreak English
- ecofreak English
- freakazoid English
- freakbeat English
- freakdom English
- freakery English
- freakful English
- freakhood English
- freakily English
- freakiness English
- freakish English
- freakishly English
- freakishness English
- freaklitter English
- freako English
- freakout English
- freaksome English
- freaky English
- litter English
- out English
- speed English
- speedfreak English
- superfreak English
- technofreak English
- unfreakish English
- unfreaky English
- friikki Finnish
- Drogenfreak German
- Freak German
- Frechdachs German
- Frechheit German
- freakig German
- frech German
- rotzfrech German
- fricchettone Italian
- freak Dutch, Flemish
- friki Spanish, Castilian
- *preg- Proto-Indo-European
- frekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *frekaz Proto-Germanic
- *frekōną Proto-Germanic
- frekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- frec Old English
- frician Old English
- frek Middle English
- friken Middle English
- frikien Middle English
- frekr Old Norse
- freh Old High German
- vrech Middle High German
- *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *frek gmw-pro