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fretten

fretten adjective: marked. Also the alternative past participle of fret.

Adjective

fretten (comparative more fretten, superlative most fretten)

  1. (obsolete) Marked.
    • pock-fretten (“marked with the smallpox”)

Also used as

fretten is also the alternative past participle of fret.

Forms of fretten

comparativemore fretten
superlativemost fretten

Origin of fretten

From Middle English freten, from Old English freten, ġefreten (“eaten”), past participle of Old English fretan (“to devour, eat up, consume, break, eat into”). More at fret.

Questions about fretten

What does fretten mean?
Fretten means marked.
What part of speech is fretten?
Fretten is an adjective.

Words near fretten in the dictionary

  1. frett
  2. fretted
  3. fretted dulcimer
  4. fretted dulcimers
  5. fretted the gizzard
  6. fretten
  7. fretter
  8. fretters
  9. frettest
  10. fretteth
  11. frettiness

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