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Meaning of fretty | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
    not-comparable
  2. Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.
  3. Inflamed, like a sore.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Suomi punosruutu
Français frette
Nederlands geïrriteerd gemelijk getralied kniezerig kribbig ontstoken pijnlijk zeer zeurderig

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

fretworked Freudian friable friarlike friarly friary

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