frizz
4 synonyms for frizz, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — Of hair, to twist into small, tight curls, often untidily.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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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...
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