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Etymology

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From Old French traitiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractīcius.

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Adjective

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tretys

  1. (usually of a visage or one's nose) Having seemly or attractive proportions; i.e. slender.
    • a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales[1], lines 151–152:
      Ful semyly hir wympul pynched was /Hir nose tretys, hir eyen greye as glas []
      Her wimple was folded in quite a seemly way / Her nose [was] slender; her eyes [were] grey like glass []

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