fretty
1 Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fretty1
First recorded in 1835–45; fret 1 + -y 1
Origin of fretty2
1555–65; < Middle French frette, derivative of frete trelliswork. See fret 2, -ee
Example Sentences
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Miss Lizzy, she gets fretty, but she still the same Miss Lizzy.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
Wyvile bore “Gules fretty vair with a chief gold.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Ermine, a fesse, gules, fretty or, between three hawks.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Party per pale indented, ermine and sable, a cheveron gules, fretty or.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Their captain shouted his orders to them by name, and it is a curious thing that if you call his name aloud in public after an Englishman you make him hot and fretty.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard
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