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frizz
English
Alternative forms
- friz (dated)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??z/
- Rhymes: -?z
Etymology 1
From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Proto-Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, fr?sle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English fr?s (“crisped, curled”).
Verb
frizz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)
- (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
- (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
- with her hair frized short up to her ears
- 1937, John Betjeman, Slough
- In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
- There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […]
- To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
- To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
- To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
Related terms
- friseur
- frizzle
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.
Noun
frizz (countable and uncountable, plural frizzes)
- A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
Translations
Further reading
- frizz in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- frizz at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English frizz.
Noun
frizz m (uncountable)
- frizz (of hair)
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frize
English
Noun
frize (plural frizes)
- (architecture) Archaic form of frieze.
Verb
frize (third-person singular simple present frizes, present participle frizing, simple past and past participle frized)
- (architecture) Archaic form of frieze.
Anagrams
- Fizer
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