a. rare. [f. FRET v.1 + -SOME.] a. Causing to fret; annoying. b. Given to fretting.
1834. J. Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ, in Blackw. Mag., XXXVI. Nov., 586. North. Incessant refilling of plates is—— Shepherd. I confess fretsome.
1870. Mrs. Phelps, Hedged In, xviii. 273. A wishin’ that I hadna been aye too busy an’ poor an’ fretsome an’ cross to hae treated the auld mon kindly like.
