fretty
adjEtymology From fret (“to worry”) + -y.
1
Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.
2
Colloquial Inflamed, like a sore.
- Derived terms
- frettiness
fretty
adjEtymology From fret (“lattice, trellis”) + -y.
1
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics 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