† tretisadj.

Forms: Middle English tretys, Middle English tretis, tretise, tretez, traytice, traytyse.

Etymology: < Old French traitis, tretis slender, graceful, well-built (12th cent. in Godefroy) < popular Latin type *tractīcius drawn-out, slender, < tractus , past participle of trahĕre to draw: see -itious suffix¹.

Obsolete.

Well-proportioned, neat, graceful, handsome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 932 That other bowe was..Tretys and long, of good fasoun.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5883 Hure vysage was fair & tretys.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 152 Hire nose tretys [Hengwrt tretez, Camb. tretis], hir eyen greye as glas.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxix. 112 Her forehed brod and highe ynoughe, the browes traytice and broun.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxix. 112 The necke [of Dydo]..longe ynoughe..and traytyse on the backe syde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tretis
释义	† tretisadj. Forms: Middle English tretys, Middle English tretis, tretise, tretez, traytice, traytyse. Etymology: < Old French traitis, tretis slender, graceful, well-built (12th cent. in Godefroy) < popular Latin type tractīcius drawn-out, slender, < tractus* , past participle of trahĕre to draw: see -itious suffix¹. Obsolete. Well-proportioned, neat, graceful, handsome. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 932 That other bowe was..Tretys and long, of good fasoun. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5883 Hure vysage was fair & tretys. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 152 Hire nose tretys [Hengwrt tretez, Camb. tretis], hir eyen greye as glas. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxix. 112 Her forehed brod and highe ynoughe, the browes traytice and broun. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxix. 112 The necke [of Dydo]..longe ynoughe..and traytyse on the backe syde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1366
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