Today's Word "fettle"
Published in Vocabulary
fettle \FET-l\ (noun) - A state or condition of fitness or order; state of mind; spirits -- often used in the phrase "in fine fettle."
"After the fallout of Mel's separation and divorce, he was surprised to find himself in such fine fettle financially, in spite of the egregious amount of money that his ex- had taken him for."
Fettle is from Middle English fetlen, "to set in order," originally "to gird up," from Old English fetel, "a girdle."
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