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fretless

adj

Etymology

From fret + -less.

  1. derived from *h₃enh₂-✻
  2. derived from -āre
  3. derived from -er
  4. derived from *bʰreg-✻
  5. derived from *frangō✻
  6. derived from frangō
  7. derived from fret
  8. derived from freté
  9. inherited from frēten — “to decorate”
  10. suffixed as fretless — “fret + less”

Definitions

  1. Of a stringed instrument, not having frets on the fingerboard.

  2. Without worries.

    • You would live longer and happier if you would only be quiet and fretless.
    • Will the fretless world be happy or will restless nature shout / For some old-time fret or worry just to rave and kick about?
    • Is it not worth while to try and approximate, if we cannot hope to attain, the ideal of fretless, fussless, and unworrying poise?

  3. A stringed instrument without frets on the fingerboard.

    • Read's creations have covered just about all of bass-dom, from vintage-style 4-strings to 32-position fretlesses to 25-fret 8-strings tuned F♯BEADGCF.
    • Many fretlesses, especially less expensive models that mimic a fretted counterpart, have fretted-bass nut slots.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA