tretys
Middle English
Alternative forms
- treitys, trety
Etymology
From Old French traitiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractīcius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trɛːˈtiːs/
Adjective
tretys
- (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, 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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References
- “trētīs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.