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Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
Examples
- The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty, but later 'simplified' to a single fret
Meaning relationships
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Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Inflamed, like a sore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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From fret (“lattice, trellis”) + -y.
From fret (“to worry”) + -y.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
getralied
— covered with a lattice-like pattern
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Finnish:
punosruutu
— covered with a lattice-like pattern
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French:
fretté
— covered with a lattice-like pattern
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Swedish:
flätverk
— covered with a lattice-like pattern
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Dutch:
kribbig
— inclined to fret
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Dutch:
geïrriteerd
— inclined to fret
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Dutch:
gemelijk
— inclined to fret
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Dutch:
kniezerig
— inclined to fret
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Dutch:
zeurderig
— inclined to fret
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Dutch:
zeer
— inflamed like a sore
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Dutch:
geïrriteerd
— inflamed like a sore
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Dutch:
ontstoken
— inflamed like a sore
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Dutch:
pijnlijk
— inflamed like a sore