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Frit

//fɹɪt// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Frightened. UK, especially, regional

    "The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he? Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Could not take it? Cannot stand it? If I were going to cut and run, I should have gone after the Falklands."

Noun
  1. 1
    A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing. UK, derogatory

    "Why are you not going to bother? You are scared? You are a frit? Is that the problem?"

  3. 3
    A frit fly.
  4. 4
    A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield. countable, uncountable

    "Made from ceramic paint baked directly into the glass, frits help bond the windscreen to the vehicle by providing a textured surface for adhesives and shielding them from damaging UV rays."

Verb
  1. 1
    To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
  2. 2
    To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.

    "equal parts of the calcined and roasted ore, of ground flints and potash, are fritted together and then fused"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).

Etymology 2

Either from French fritte, from frit (“fried”), or else from Italian fritta f (“fried”).

Etymology 3

Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”). By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.

Etymology 4

Dialectal past participle of fright (“frighten”), formed on the model of bite:bit and light:lit. Compare the parallel formation fit (“fought”). By the late 20th century, largely confined to the Lincolnshire dialect, but adopted into political slang in the 1980s from the speeches of Grantham-born Margaret Thatcher.

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