Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FRIT'TER
FRIT'TER, n. [It. frittella; Sp. fritillas, plur.; from L. frictus, fried; Dan. fritte.]
- A small pancake; also, it small piece of meat fried.
- A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras.
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