fretted

/ˈfɹɛtɪd/

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Frequency: 2.59 in modern English

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verb

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verb

adj

"The dulcimer and sitar are fretted instruments."
"They were all of gold and silver, with fretted work, and between them and around them wreaths of flowers, composed of what do you think? Why, of diamonds and emeralds, and all manner of precious stones."

From fret.

interfretted

fretted dulcimer

regretted indebted netted vetted pigmented abetted sweated petted silhouetted jetted whetted fetid

Questions

How do you pronounce fretted?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɛtɪd/.

What does fretted mean?

simple past and past participle of fret

Where does fretted come from?

From fret.

How to pronounce fretted

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