frank

Meanings

Adjective

• honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
• unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
• Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
• Liberal; generous; profuse.
• Unrestrained; loose; licentious.

Noun

• Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
• The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
• A hot dog or sausage.
• The grey heron.
• A pigsty.

Verb

• To place a frank on an envelope.
• To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
• To send by public conveyance free of expense.
• To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

Origin

• From Middle English frank, from Old French franc, in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Frank, from Proto-West Germanic *frank and/or Proto-West Germanic *frankō.
• Image:Hotdog.PNG|thumb|right|A frank on a bun.
• From Old French franc.