Frightened vs Frit - What's the difference?
frightened | frit |
Afraid; suffering from fear.
*
(frighten)
To add to a glass or ceramic mixture
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
(UK, dialect, Lincolnshire) frightened
* 1983 April 19, [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher]:
As adjectives the difference between frightened and frit
is that frightened is afraid; suffering from fear while frit is (uk|dialect|lincolnshire) frightened.As verbs the difference between frightened and frit
is that frightened is (frighten) while frit is to add to a glass or ceramic mixture.As a noun frit is
a fused mixture of materials used to make glass.frightened
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(head)frit
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) fritte, from .Verb
(fritt)- (Ure)
See also
* frit awayEtymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit ? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it?