the frosty month: the third month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Nov 22 to Dec 21
Word origin
C19: from French, from frimas hoarfrost, from Old French frim, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hrīm rime1
Frimaire in American English
(fʀiˈmeʀ)
noun
(in the French Revolutionary calendar)
the third month of the year, extending from November 21 to December 20
Word origin
[1830–40; ‹ F, equiv. to frim(as) hoarfrost, deriv. of OF frim (‹ Gmc; cf. OE hrimrime2) + -aire-ary]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: format, grid, orientation, paraffin, rococo