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
Argent, a cheveron gules, fretty or, between three delves or billets sable.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Even as he spoke, a toddling youngster from an overcrowded seat at the front end of the car came adventuring along the aisle after the swaying, clutching manner of tired, fretty children on trains.
From The Indiscreet Letter by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
Wyvile bore “Gules fretty vair with a chief gold.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Therefore, when next June comes along and you yearn for the early filberts, do not be fretty.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 by Various
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