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frizz verb [ frɪz ]

• form (hair) into a mass of small, tight curls.
• "her hair was crimped and frizzed into a leonine mane"
• dress (chamois or a similar leather) with pumice or a scraping knife.

frizz noun

• the state of being formed into a mass of small, tight curls.
• "a perm system designed to add curl without frizz"
Origin: late Middle English (in frizz (sense 2 of the verb)): from French friser . frizz (sense 1 of the verb) dates from the late 16th century.


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