Definition of Frittering

1. Verb. (present participle of fritter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frittering

1. fritter [v] - See also: fritter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frittering

fritillaries
fritillary
fritinancy
frits
fritt
frittata
frittatas
fritted
fritter
fritter away
fritter batter
frittered
frittered away
fritterer
fritterers
frittering (current term)
frittering away
fritterlike
fritters
fritters away
fritterware
fritting
fritts
friture
fritures
fritz
fritzed
fritzes
fritzing
friulano

Literary usage of Frittering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"We have no sympathy with destructive Socialism; but desiring to be fair to all, we would suggest a campaign to prevent this objectionable frittering away of ..."

2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1854)
"... and whom they accuse of frittering away the sense of Scripture by following a system ... frittering ..."

3. Electric Cooking, Heating, Cleaning, Etc.: Being a Manual of Electricity in by Maud Lucas Lancaster (1914)
"frittering (often mistaken for Frying, or vice versa). frittering is the sudden immersion of the object to be cooked (such as meat, cutlets, fish, etc. ..."

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