{ a. [ OE., from AS. fremede, fremde; akin to G. fremd. ] Strange; foreign. [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. fremere to roar, murmur + -escent. ] Becoming murmurous, roaring. “Fremescent clangor.” Carlyle. -- Fre*mes"cence n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]