frizz
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frizz¹
- /fɹɪz/
Rhymes with -ɪz
Where it comes from
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, frēsle ("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 frīs (“crisped, curled”).
verb frizzes · frizzing · frizzed · friz
- Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
- To curl; to make frizzy. with her hair frized short up to her ears
- 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.
frizz²
- /fɹɪz/
Rhymes with -ɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.
noun frizzes · friz
- A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
Translations
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verb of hair: to form into a mass of curls
| Español | encresparse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | kräuseln, verwuscheln |
| العربية | تَجْعِيد tajʕīd |
verb to curl; to make frizzy
| Español | encrespar |
|---|
verb to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth
| Deutsch | aufrauen |
|---|
noun mass of hair
| Español | frizz, crespo, encrespamiento, encrespadura |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Krause |
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