frizz en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /fɹɪz/
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
- (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
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(transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
with her hair frized short up to her ears
1660 December 1 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 22nd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC: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; […]
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.
1937, John Betjeman, Slough:
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frizzed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| frizzed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| frizzes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| frizzing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| friz | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Deriveds
defrizz · unfrizz · frizzy · antifrizz · frizz up
Relateds
Translations (15)
bg накъдрям (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · cs natočit (to curl; to make frizzy) · fi nukkaantua (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth) · fi pehmittää (to make leather soft and of even thickness) · fi kähertyä (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · de aufrauen (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth) · es encrespar (to curl; to make frizzy) · es encresparse (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · de kräuseln (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · cs nakadeřit (to curl; to make frizzy) · fi kähertää (to curl; to make frizzy) · nrf crêp'ler (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · ar تَجْعِيْد (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · bg къдря (of hair: to form into a mass of curls) · de verwuscheln (of hair: to form into a mass of curls)