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Definition of Fetching
1. Adjective. Very attractive; capturing interest. "A winning personality"
Definition of Fetching
1. Adjective. Attractive; pleasant to regard. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of fetch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fetching
1. fetch [v] - See also: fetch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetching
Literary usage of Fetching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... fetching HER N hour before the dawn, My friend, * You lit your waiting
bedside-lamp, Your breakfast-fire anon, And outing into the dark and damp You ..."
2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"r wall2: some building, and some fetching stone and the 1"1•|ifi™ti™ timber,
which they still laid down toward the place •ie »aii .i,', ..."
3. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"After thinking a while he left, and came back fetching quite an intelligent
looking youth. He said that this young man had met with the whites and gave us ..."
4. The Rites of the Twice-born by Sinclair Stevenson (1920)
"... The Eleventh Day —The Twelfth Day —The Name-giving —Choice of the Name —
Twentieth Day— Thirtieth Day — Beholding the Sun— fetching Water —The First ..."
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