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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French traitiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractīcius.
Pronunciation
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 slender; her eyes grey like glass
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