vrot
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”).
Adjective edit
vrot (comparative more vrot, superlative most vrot)
- (South Africa) rotten
- 1979, South African journal of science, volumes 75-76, page 399:
- The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer […]
- 1994, Ella Mary Macphail, Ugogo and other stories from South Africa, page 33:
- The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.
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Afrikaans edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch verrotten, verrot. Compare also verrot, from the same source.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
vrot (attributive vrot, comparative vrotter, superlative vrotste)
Verb edit
vrot (present vrot, present participle vrottende, past participle vrot)
- (intransitive) to rot