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