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Definition of Frizz
1. Verb. Curl tightly. "They frizz their hair "; "Crimp hair"
Generic synonyms: Curl, Wave
Derivative terms: Crimp, Kink
2. Noun. The condition of being formed into small tight curls. "Her hair was in a frizz"
Definition of Frizz
1. v. t. & n. See Friz,
2. v. t. & i. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
Definition of Frizz
1. Verb. Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. ¹
2. Noun. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frizz
1. to form into small, tight curls [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frizz
Literary usage of Frizz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To frizz.—frizzle. Fr. frizer, to curl, frizzle, ruffle, wriggle. Sw. /rasa, to
rustle, crackle, fizz, to spit like a cat. For the connection between the ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1799)
"If that there Mr. frizz had feen me turn the corner, though he is too conceited to
... Mr. frizz is your moil obedient humble fer- Fr/^r. ..."
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