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frittersome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English fritter Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English frittersome From fritter + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by frittering; wasteful, squandersome.
   • It was very seldom that she was ever stubborn, for despite her frittersome ways she really was very fond of her two daughters and could, by skilful management, be twisted around either of their little fingers. 2012, Hayley Ann Solomon, Madrigals And Mistletoe:

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