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frilly

/ˈfɹɪli/

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adjective frillier · frilliest

Having frills; frilled. In scented, frilly boutiques that she seemed to find by instinct, they exchanged her battered wardrobe for fur capes and Anna Karenina riding boots that slithered on the frosty cobble, and Pym's dismal school habit for a leather jacket and trousers without buttons for his braces.
Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance.

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adj having frills

中文	有褶边的
Français	crêpé, frisé
Deutsch	gerüscht

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@misc{frilly_2026,
  title = {frilly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frilly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}