FRAGOR also FRAGOUR NOUN 1. a loud, harsh noise; a crash, a din ...1605 obs. 2. fragrance; a strong sweet scent ...1638 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY n. 1. from Latin fragor (noise, crash), from frag- stem of frangĕre (to break) n. 2. from Italian fragore = fragrore from Latin frāgr frāgrant-em, present participle of frāgrāre (to smell sweetly) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1605 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...For in this hight of fortvne are imbred, Those thundring fragors that affright the earth. From thence haue all distempratures their head: That bringes forth desolation, famine, d•arth, There certaine order is disordered: And there it is confusion hath her birth..." From: The Tragedie of Philotas - Samuel Daniel
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