tretys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• treitys, trety

Etymology

From Old French traitiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractīcius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛːˈtiːs/

Adjective

tretys

1. (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^[1], 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 […]

References

• “trētīs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.