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frizzes | frizzies |

As a verb frizzes

is (frizz).

As a noun frizzies is

.

frizzes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (frizz)

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    frizz

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) frysen, from (etyl) friser, .

    Verb

  • (lb) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
  • (lb) To curl; to make frizzy.
  • * (Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)
    • with her hair frizzed short up to her ears
  • * 1937 , (John Betjeman),
    • In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
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    • 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;.
  • 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.
    • Related terms
    * friseur * frizzle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fryse, from the verb. See above.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.

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    frizzies

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (colloquial) With "the", unkempt curly hair, especially of women.