Definition of Frostbitten

1. Adjective. Injured by freezing or partial freezing. "Frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit"

Similar to: Frozen

Definition of Frostbitten

1. p. a. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.

Definition of Frostbitten

1. Adjective. Affected by frostbite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frostbitten

1. frostbite [v] - See also: frostbite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frostbitten

frost heave
frost heaving
frost itch
frost mist
frost over
frost snow
frost up
frostberg inverted-three sign
frostbird
frostbirds
frostbit
frostbite
frostbites
frostbiting
frostbitings
frostbitten (current term)
frosted
frosted bat
frosted heart
frosted liver
frosteds
frostfish
frostfishes
frostier
frostiest
frostily
frostiness
frostinesses
frosting
frostinglike

Literary usage of Frostbitten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"... processes of textural life to be improperly performed. (Dublin Quarterly Journal, May 1871.) Treatment of frostbitten Toes.—In a paper read before the ..."

2. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"... Brocklehurst badly frostbitten : March 8, Camp 11400ft.: March 9, Highest Point reached 13370 ft.: Descent safely accomplished THE arrangement of all ..."

3. Russia by Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1905)
"... for Travelling—Travelling in Winter—frostbitten —Disagreeable Episodes—Scene at a Post-Station. ..."

4. The Reign of the Prince of Peace by Richard Hayes McCartney (1915)
"... No little gifts to take, to give, Why—whence the bread on which to live— Their clothing but a ragged mesh Through which one saw frostbitten flesh. ..."

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