frizz

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
2. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
3. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
4. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
5. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.

Noun

A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.

Synonyms

crimp

curl

frizzle

friz

frizzled hair

frizzy

crisp

kink

crape

crinkle

curls

kink up

wave

👋

gather

bake

frounce

ringlet

roast

screw

season

sizzle

torrefy

cook

🧑‍🍳

wig

curling

curly lock of hair

frizzly

curly

Translations

rizar

kräuseln

arricciare

friser

ondular

cargolar-se

cargolar

βόστρυχος

arrissar-se

κατσαρώνω

κάνω μπούκλες

ψήνω

ricciolo

crespar

arrissar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frysen

Cognate with Old Frisian: frisle

Cognate with Northern Frisian: friessle

Cognate with Western Frisian: frisseljen

Cognate with Old English: frīs

Inherited from Middle English: fryse

In summary

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”).