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Definition of Frizette
1. n. A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
Definition of Frizette
1. Noun. A curl of hair or silk. ¹
2. Noun. A pad of frizzed hair or silk formerly worn by women under the hair to stuff it out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frizette
1. a frizzed fringe of hair [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frizette
Literary usage of Frizette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"Then, plunging into the depths of her ample pocket for a comb and pincushion,
she fastened the frizette to her knee, and began diligently to arrange the ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"She was the remains of a blonde, with light eyes and hair ; she was now gray,
but wore a dark frizette, whilst the gray hair showed through her cap behind. ..."
3. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1896)
"(I) Artist in hair, harbor, coiffeur; frizette hair pad, hair roller maker.
(5) Chimney or flue cleaner ; soot merchant. Enumerated by Families. ..."
4. John Leech: His Life and Work by William Powell Frith (1891)
"In less than a minute Miss De Glancey is as drenched as if she had taken a
shower-bath. " The smart hat and feather are annihilated; the dubious frizette ..."
5. Florence Macarthy: an Irish tale by Morgan (Sydney) (1819)
"Mr. Heneage and Miss Crawley had descended in such a hurry that the one appeared
without his stays, and the other without her frizette. ..."
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