vrot

English

Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”).

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.

From Dutch verrot, past participle of verrotten. Compare also verrot, from the same source.

vrot (attributive vrotte, comparative vrotter, superlative vrotste)

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