fretted Definition

fret¹
verb fretted, fretting

intr
1. To worry, especially unnecessarily; to show or express anxiety.

Thesaurus: worry, agonize, brood, anguish.
Form: fret about something (also)
Form: fret over something
2. To wear something away or consume something by rubbing or erosion.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fretan to gnaw, from etan to eat.

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fret³
noun

1. A type of decoration for a cornice, border, etc, consisting of lines which (usually) meet at right angles, the pattern being repeated to form a continuous band.

verb

fretted, fretting
1. To decorate something with a fret, or carve with fretwork.

Etymology: 14c: from French frete interlaced design, probably influenced by Anglo-Saxon fraetwa ornament.