Definitions
spend frivolously and unwisely
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry.
Used in a sentence
“And cut whole giants into fritters.”
“I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.”
“He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Waste gradually”7 letters
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