different between frizz vs frizzy

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)

1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
2. (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; […]

3. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
4. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
5. 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)

1. 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)

1. frizz (of hair)

English

Etymology

frizz +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?z'i, IPA^(key): /?f??zi/
• Rhymes: -?zi

Adjective

frizzy (comparative frizzier, superlative frizziest)

1. Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.

   The wet weather made her hair frizzy and untidy.

Translations

Noun

frizzy (plural frizzies)

1. A small amount of unkempt, curly hair