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frizzle2

Pronunciation: /ˈfrɪz(ə)l/
Definition of frizzle

verb

[with object]
  • form (hair) into tight curls: the damp weather had frizzled her hair into little corkscrews (as adjective frizzled)she shook out her frizzled hair

noun

  • a tight curl in hair: a dewy scalp where the frizzles stuck awry [in combination]:this gaunt, frizzle-haired freak

Derivatives

frizzly

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century: from frizz + -le4

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