Fresshe

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Newly made, produced or gathered, not long existing ; cool, clean and unspoiled in quality ; bold, forward or impudent in manner
2. Recently produced or obtained, with no sign of age ; pure, crisp and untainted by staleness ; cheeky, brash or presumptuously forward
3. Of recent origin and not yet old or spoiled ; clean, cool and wholesome in condition ; overly bold or rudely familiar in behaviour

Etymology: "Fresshe" is a Middle English spelling of "fresh," which came into English from Old French "freis" (feminine "fresche"), itself probably of Germanic origin, related to Old High German "frisc" and to the sense of "not salted" or "uncured." The word's original notion was of something cool, unspoiled or newly made, and the sense of "recent" grew out of that idea of freshness as freedom from decay. In Middle English, "fresshe" covered a wide range of senses at once: it could describe water that was not salt, cloth or colour that was bright, or a person in good health and spirits. The spelling with double "ss" and final "e" reflects the scribal habits of the period, when the adjective was written as the source of the modern form.

Synonyms: fresh, new, clean, pure, crisp

Antonyms: stale, old, rotten