v. t.
freak out. [ PJC ]
v. t.
Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
freak out. [ PJC ]
freak out. [ PJC ]
n. [ Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. faíhufriks avaricious. ]
She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
a. Freakish. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [ 1913 Webster ]
It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Freakish when well, and fretful when she's sick. Pope.
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n. marked strangeness or abnormality.
adj. markedly unusual or abnormal;
v. t. [ Cf. Freak, v. t., Freckle. ] To checker; to diversify. [ R. & Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The painted windows, frecking gloom with glow. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim., from the same root as freak, v. t. ]