Frigate & Jutland

Frigate (/ˈfrɪɡət/): a type of warship.

The word fregata first appeared in Boccaccio’s Decameron in 1350. It has designated many different types of vessels. Origin: unknown, but most likely from the Italian verb fregiare which means: to decorate, to ornament, to embellish.

See also: frigger, noun (plural friggers)

1. An object crafted for the personal amusement of craftsmen, their friends and family.

2. (mild, swear word, slang, euphemistic) A fucker.

3. (slang) Someone who frigs.

Jutland (/ˈdʒʌtlənd/): a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark.

From Latin plural Jutae, from Proto-Germanic eutaz: monster, giant.

Monster: early 14c., monstre, “malformed animal or human, creature afflicted with a birth defect,” from Old French monstre, mostre “monster, monstrosity” (12c.), and directly from Latin monstrum “divine omen (especially one indicating misfortune).

Giant: c. 1300, “fabulous man-like creature of enormous size,” from Old French geant, earlier jaiant “giant, ogre” (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *gagantem (nominative gagas), from Latin gigas “a giant,” from Greek Gigas (usually in plural, Gigantes), one of a race of divine but savage and monstrous beings (personifying destructive natural forces).