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frilled

/fɹɪld/

frilled adjective: having frills, frilly. Also the simple past and past participle of frill.

Adjective

frilled (comparative more frilled, superlative most frilled)

  1. Having frills, frilly.
    • The sole image of Henry Cavendish captured in his lifetime shows an aristocratic-looking man in a frock coat, frilled shirt-wrists, and white stockings, wearing a knocker-tailed periwig under a black three-cornered hat.2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 20

Also used as

frilled is also the simple past and past participle of frill.

Forms of frilled

comparativemore frilled
superlativemost frilled

Origin of frilled

From frill + -ed.

Words formed from frilled

Phrases with frilled

Words that rhyme with frilled

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about frilled

What does frilled mean?
Frilled means having frills, frilly.
What part of speech is frilled?
Frilled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce frilled?
Frilled is pronounced /fɹɪld/.

Words near frilled in the dictionary

  1. frill sharks
  2. frill-necked lizard
  3. frill-necked lizards
  4. frillback
  5. frillbacks
  6. frilled
  7. frilled agama
  8. frilled agamas
  9. frilled dragon
  10. frilled dragons
  11. frilled lizard

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