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frisure

frisure noun: the dressing of the hair by curling.

Noun

frisure (countable and uncountable, plural frisures)

  1. The dressing of the hair by curling.
    • A box on the ear destroys the whole oeconomy of their frisure, upon which they bestow the greatest part of their time and attention […]1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume 2, London: Robinson and Roberts, page 81
    • […] in the selection of a frisure, as in that of colors, a lady should take into account her complexion, her stature, her features, and her expression, and so arrange the hair as to heighten and give prominence to the most favorable parts of these, and conceal or diminish any defect which they may...1870, Daniel Garrison Brinton and George H. Napheys, Personal Beauty: How to Cultivate and Preserve it in Accordance with the Laws of Health, Springfield, Massachusetts: W.J. Holland, “The Hair,” p....

Forms of frisure

pluralfrisures

Origin of frisure

From French frisure.

Questions about frisure

What does frisure mean?
Frisure means the dressing of the hair by curling.
What part of speech is frisure?
Frisure is a noun.
What is the plural of frisure?
The plural of frisure is frisures.

Words near frisure in the dictionary

  1. fristing
  2. Fristoe
  3. Fristoes
  4. Friston
  5. frists
  6. frisure
  7. frisures
  8. Friswell
  9. Friswells
  10. frisé
  11. frisée

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