froggeryn.

Brit.

/ˈfrɒɡəri/, U.S.

/ˈfrɔɡəri/,

/ˈfrɑɡəri/

Forms: 1700s frogery, 1700s– froggery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -ery suffix.

Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -ery suffix.

1. A place in which frogs are kept for breeding or (in later use) as pets; (also) a place in which frogs live or congregate in the wild.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > habitat

froggery1737

ranarium1822

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > place for keeping other animals

froggery1737

toadery1763

fox-court1781

nopalery1783

beavery1877

mousery1920

wormery1952

1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. xxx. 221 (note) I know an Englishman, who..has often declar'd, he would keep a Froggery (as the late King did a Snailery) if he were in Circumstances to afford it.

1763 E. Carter in Pennington's Memoirs (1808) I. 335 A very high causeway, with a perpendicular descent on each side to the toaderies and frogeries below.

1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 695 He had what he called a Froggery and Toadery at the bottom of his orchard.

1871 Echo 14 Jan. Mr...confesses to have actually kept a ‘froggery’ for his own private consumption.

1903 News (Frederick, Maryland) 31 Jan. The owner of the froggery scurried to fields and streams to fill that order, and then it came to him that he might raise them for market.

1923 K. D. Wiggin My Garden of Memory ii. 10 I asked my stepfather one day if he would give us a part of the garden brook for our froggery.

1966 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 18 Aug. b7/3 Science teachers have built a ‘froggery’, an absorbing kind of aquarium for students to watch.

2007 Innisfail Advocate (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 May 3 If the froggery (a frog-breeding and display centre) goes ahead, it will ideally be accompanied by a fernery, orchidarium and butterfly house.

†2.

a. humorous. A group or contingent of frogs. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > assemblage

froggery1760

1760 S. Fielding Ophelia II. xxxii. 21 The Concert, of which the Froggery made the bass.

b. A colony of frogs. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 47 A thrush, who is watching the froggery from above.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	froggery
释义	froggeryn. Brit. /ˈfrɒɡəri/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɡəri/, /ˈfrɑɡəri/ Forms: 1700s frogery, 1700s– froggery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: frog n.¹, -ery suffix. Etymology: < frog n.¹ + -ery suffix. 1. A place in which frogs are kept for breeding or (in later use) as pets; (also) a place in which frogs live or congregate in the wild. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > habitat froggery1737 ranarium1822 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or breeding other animals > [noun] > place for keeping other animals froggery1737 toadery1763 fox-court1781 nopalery1783 beavery1877 mousery1920 wormery1952 1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. xxx. 221 (note) I know an Englishman, who..has often declar'd, he would keep a Froggery (as the late King did a Snailery) if he were in Circumstances to afford it. 1763 E. Carter in Pennington's Memoirs (1808) I. 335 A very high causeway, with a perpendicular descent on each side to the toaderies and frogeries below. 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 695 He had what he called a Froggery and Toadery at the bottom of his orchard. 1871 Echo 14 Jan. Mr...confesses to have actually kept a ‘froggery’ for his own private consumption. 1903 News (Frederick, Maryland) 31 Jan. The owner of the froggery scurried to fields and streams to fill that order, and then it came to him that he might raise them for market. 1923 K. D. Wiggin My Garden of Memory ii. 10 I asked my stepfather one day if he would give us a part of the garden brook for our froggery. 1966 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 18 Aug. b7/3 Science teachers have built a ‘froggery’, an absorbing kind of aquarium for students to watch. 2007 Innisfail Advocate (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 May 3 If the froggery (a frog-breeding and display centre) goes ahead, it will ideally be accompanied by a fernery, orchidarium and butterfly house. †2. a. humorous. A group or contingent of frogs. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > assemblage froggery1760 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia II. xxxii. 21 The Concert, of which the Froggery made the bass. b. A colony of frogs. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 47 A thrush, who is watching the froggery from above. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1737
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