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frettiness

frettiness noun: the quality of being fretty; fretfulness.

Noun

frettiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fretty; fretfulness.
    • He carries on operations upon so vast a scale that he casts out frettiness and meanness wherever he goes.1856, The Indiana school journal, volume 1, page 2
    • ‘Try a pup, Mother,’ ’e sez—‘We’ve tried rattles an’ balls an’ toys. Try a live pup to soothe ’is frettiness.’1944, Emily Carr, “Babies”, in The House of All Sorts

Origin of frettiness

From fretty + -ness.

Questions about frettiness

What does frettiness mean?
Frettiness means the quality of being fretty; fretfulness.
What part of speech is frettiness?
Frettiness is a noun.

Words near frettiness in the dictionary

  1. fretten
  2. fretter
  3. fretters
  4. frettest
  5. fretteth
  6. frettiness
  7. fretting
  8. fretting leprosy
  9. fretting the gizzard
  10. frettingly
  11. frettings

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