FRISIAN

I. adjective Etymology: Latin Frisius ~; akin to Old English Frīsa, Frēsa a ~ Date: 1598 of, relating to, or characteristic of Friesland, the ~s, or ~, II. noun Date: 1601 a member of a people that inhabit principally the Netherlands province of Friesland and the ~ islands in the North Sea, the Germanic language of the ~ people