frozen

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze +‎ -n.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹəʊzən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹoʊzən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzən

frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)

1. Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

   The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.

   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

2. Immobilized.

   I just stood frozen as the robber pointed at me with his gun.

3. (of a bank account or assets) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
4. (grammar) Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.

   "Dice" is a frozen plural.

frozen

1. past participle of freeze

   The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.