† frusteradj.n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A. adj.
Fruitless, ineffectual, meaningless, vain; empty of (deeds). Also absol. in fruster: in vain.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]
idlec825
unnuteOE
bricklec1225
tooma1250
unnaita1250
vaina1300
waste1303
overvoida1382
voida1382
superfluec1384
daylessa1387
unbehovely1390
unprofitablea1398
unbehoveful1429
wastefulc1450
idleful1483
fruster1488
vainful1509
frustrate?a1513
superfluousa1533
addle1534
lost1535
fittle1552
futilea1575
nugatory1605
futilous1607
shiftless1613
tympanous1625
emptya1628
frustraneousa1643
pointless1673
futilitous1765
otiose1795
stultificatory1931
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]
in (or on) idlenessc825
in (earlier on, an) idlec1000
in idleshipa1250
in vaina1300
over tomeheda1300
(all) for noughtc1300
in waste1340
in deveyn(ec1400
to little availc1450
without availc1450
in fruster1488
to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525
for nothing1560
sans fail1597
for vaina1616
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 345 In frustyr termys I will nocht tary lang.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 46 He has a forme without force..And fair wordis but effect, all fruster of dedis.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 266 To ws..in our darknes be lamps in schyning, Or than in frustar is ȝour lang leirning.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 102 He, of Natur that wirker wes and king, Wald no thing frustir put.
B. n.
Frustration, disappointment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > opposition of plans, frustrating
fruster1488
frustrationa1575
discomfita1616
frustrating1640
thwarting1825
discomfiture1828
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 313 Quhat suld I spek of fruster?
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† frusterv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To balk or defraud of something due or expected. Also, to falsify (a prediction).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart
discomfitc1230
blenk?a1400
mispoint1480
fruster1490
frustrate?a1513
disappoint1545
destitutea1563
foila1564
deceive1571
thwart1581
balka1593
discomfort1596
unwont1629
fail1634
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] > falsify a prediction
fruster1490
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] > alter fraudulently > a prediction
fruster1490
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xii. 45 Pygmalyon the wolde haue frustred of the grete tresours and Rychesses that he awayteth to haue of thy somtyme husbande.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 80 Prenostycatures..that to her were frustred.
2. To bring to nought, render useless; to frustrate (an enterprise); to destroy, lay waste, ruin. Also intransitive for reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing
forworthc1000
folda1250
quailc1450
fruster?a1513
to come to nothing1523
to give out?1523
to fall to the ground?1526
quealc1530
to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604
intercide1637
to fall to dirt1670
to go off1740
to fall through1770
to fall apart1833
collapse1838
to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872
to blow up1934
to blow out1939
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.)
harryc893
fordoc900
awesteeOE
westeeOE
losec950
harrowc1000
destroyc1230
wastec1275
ravishc1325
to lie waste1338
exilea1382
to-wastea1382
unronea1400
desolatea1425
vast1434
fruster?a1513
to lay waste1535
wipe1535
devast1537
depopulate1548
populate1552
forwaste1563
ruinate1564
havoc1575
scourge1576
dispopulate1588
destitute1593
ravage1602
harassa1618
devastate1638
execute1679
to make stroy of1682
to lay in ashes1711
untown1783
hell-rake1830
uncity1850
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil
false?c1225
confoundc1315
blenk?a1400
matea1400
interrupt1464
blench1485
fruster?a1513
frustrate?a1513
infatuate1533
disappoint1545
prevent1555
foila1564
blank1566
thwart1581
confute1589
dispurpose1607
shorten1608
foola1616
vain1628
balk1635
throwa1650
scotch1654
bafflea1674
crossbar1680
transverse1770
tomahawk1773
throttle1825
wreck1855
stultify1865
derail1889
to pull the plug1923
rank1924
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 173 Quhone flude and fyre sall our it frak And frelie frustir feild and fure.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 45 [This] wald be caus sone efterwart perchance The commoun weill to fruster and to faill.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xviii. 50 Bot God, that hes thy Maiestie in cure, Will fruster all thair fulische Interprysis.
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 144 Haue these..With-stood your Fury, and repulst your Powrs, Frustred your Rams, fierd your flying Towrs?
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