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adjective

Frothy adj. (compar. frothier; superl. frothiest)

Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy.

Not firm or solid; soft; unstable.

Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue.

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Etymology of 'Frothy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Frothy" Quotes from Famous Books

... water to make 1/2 pint of liquid; mix this well with the sugar, the eggs previously beaten, and the flour smoothed with a very little water; put the mixture over the fire in an enamelled saucepan, and whisk it well until quite frothy; do not allow the sauce to boil, as it would then be spoiled. ...

— The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book • Thomas R. Allinson

... baby," Bill murmured softly. "You'd be different. You'd have something to live for besides this frothy, neurotic existence that has poisoned you against the good, clean, healthy way of life. I wish we'd had a kiddie. We'd have a fighting chance for happiness now; something to keep us sane, something outside of our ...

— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... that moment she had it in her to kill Denry with a bodkin. But she merely smiled. The situation was terribly strained, past all Denry's previous conceptions of a strained situation; but she deviated with superlative sang-froid into frothy small talk. A proud and an unconquerable woman! After all, what were men for, ...

— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... thumping and kneading him on the slab, Tanno went on talking a cheerful monologue of frothy gossip. I asked ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... retain'd, and of those which we treasure up, a great part is either frivolous or false; and if good, and substantial, either in tract of time obliterated, or at best so overwhelmed and buried under more frothy notions, that when there is need of them, they are in ...

— Micrographia • Robert Hooke

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