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fetching en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From fetch + -ing.

Meanings

1. Attractive; pleasant to regard.
   • “The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village. 2015, Nancy Jo Sales, “Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse””, in Vanity Fair:
   • I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention. 2000, Bill Bryson, chapter 1, in In a Sunburned Country, page 11:
   • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:

Forms

Deriveds

fetchingly · fetchingness · unfetching

Synonyms

fetching · catchy · enticive · alluring · engaging · exciting · heart-throbbing · charming · seducing · attracting · captivating · illecebrous · winning · desirable · seductive · tempting · prepossessing · appealing · inviting · coying · enticing · bewitching · fascinating · appetizing · winsome · attractive · enchanting · taking · witching

Translations (8)

pt atraente (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · es atractivo (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · de attraktiv (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · ca atractiu (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · bg привлекателен (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · bg очарователен (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · fr attirant (Attractive; pleasant to regard) · ru привлека́тельный (Attractive; pleasant to regard)

fetching en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From fetch + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fetch
   form of fetch
   • She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

fetching en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English fetchynge, fecchynge, faching, fettynge, equivalent to fetch + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act by which something is fetched.
   • These lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night. 1834, Evidence on drunkenness: presented to the House of Commons:

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