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fretty

adj

Etymology

From fret (“lattice, trellis”) + -y.

  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 fretty — “fret + y”

Definitions

  1. Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets…

    Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.

    • The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty, but later 'simplified' to a single fret

  2. Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.

  3. Inflamed, like a sore.

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Derived

frettiness

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