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Fretty vs Fratty - What's the difference?

fretty | fratty |

As adjectives the difference between fretty and fratty

is that fretty is (heraldry) covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister or fretty can be inclined to fret, agitated, worrying while fratty is resembling a frat boy in behavior or appearance.

fretty

English

Etymology 1

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Adjective

(-)
  • (heraldry) Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
    • ''The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty , but later 'simplified' to a single fret
    Usage notes
    * In heraldic descriptions, the term is used between the color of the field and the color (most often a metal) of the bendlets to specify the tinctures of the fretwork.
    Related terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined to fret, agitated, worrying.
  • (colloquial) Inflamed, like a sore.
    • Synonyms
    * (inclined to fret) (l), (l)

    fratty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling a frat boy in behavior or appearance.
    • I can never hear the professor because these fratty guys spend the whole class talking about the sorostitutes they've done.

    See also

    * preppy