FRETTY Definition & Meaning

fretty

[ fret-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

frettier, frettiest.

fretty

[ fret-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Heraldry.

covered with criss-crossed and interlacing diagonal strips:
argent, fretty sable.

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Origin of fretty¹

First recorded in 1835–45; fret ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of fretty²

1555–65; < Middle French frette, derivative of frete trelliswork. See fret ², -ee

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Miss Lizzy, she gets fretty, but she still the same Miss Lizzy.

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Trussel bore “Silver fretty gules, the joints bezanty.”

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Wyvile bore “Gules fretty vair with a chief gold.”

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Boxhull bore “Gold a lion azure fretty silver.”

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Although the whole is described as a fret in certain English blazons of the 15th century, the adjective “fretty” is more commonly used.

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