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frizz
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frizz has 1 sense
- frizz(n = noun.state) Array - the condition of being formed into small tight curls; "her hair was in a frizz" is a kind of condition, status
Derived form adjective frizzy1
Verb frizz has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
frizz, v. t. & n.
See Friz, v. t. & n. [1913 Webster]
frizz, v. t. & i. [Partly imitative, but cf. Fry.].
To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frizz, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 form (hair) into a mass of small curls.
2 dress (wash-leather etc.) with pumice or a scraping-knife.
--n.
1 a frizzed hair. b a row of curls.
2 a frizzed state.
--v.tr.
1 form (hair) into a mass of small curls.
2 dress (wash-leather etc.) with pumice or a scraping-knife.
--n.
1 a frizzed hair. b a row of curls.
2 a frizzed state.
Etymology
F friser, perh. f. the stem of frire FRY(1)
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