Meanings
adjectivefratchety (comparative more fratchety, superlative most fratchety)
comparative more fratchety · superlative most fratchety
- UKdialectalargumentative
[…] He hadn't hardly got over his illness and he was fratchety, like, as sick people will be.
1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Apparently from fratch + *-et (frequentative ending) + -y.
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APA
fratchety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratchety
MLA
“fratchety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratchety. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fratchety,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratchety.
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