Fritzed vs Frizzed - What's the difference?
fritzed | frizzed |
(fritz)
(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person.
(UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.
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(frizz)
(lb) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
(lb) To curl; to make frizzy.
* (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
* 1937 , (John Betjeman),
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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.
A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
As verbs the difference between fritzed and frizzed
is that fritzed is past tense of fritz while frizzed is past tense of frizz.fritzed
English
Verb
(head)Fritz
English
Noun
(es)Synonyms
* Boche * jerry * Kraut * HunProper noun
(en proper noun)- But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance!
- You! Fritz ! Tell us where the ammunition's kept!
frizzed
English
Verb
(head)frizz
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frysen, from (etyl) friser, .Verb
- with her hair frizzed short up to her ears
- 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;.