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frizzled

frizzled adjective: of feathers, hair, etc.: crisped or curled; crinkled, frizzed; also, of a person's head, etc.: covered with curled hair, or something similar to that. Also the simple past and past participle of frizzle.

Adjective

frizzled (comparative more frizzled, superlative most frizzled)

  1. Of feathers, hair, etc.: crisped or curled; crinkled, frizzed; also, of a person's head, etc.: covered with curled hair, or something similar to that.
    • Who there frequents at these unmodish hours, / But ancient matrons with their frizzled towers, / And grey religious maids?a. 1733 (date written), John Gay, “[Eclogues.] The Toilet. A Town Eclogue.”, in Thomas Park, editor, The Poetical Works of John Gay. […], volume III, London: […] [A]t the Stanhope Press, by C[harles]...

Also used as

frizzled is also the simple past and past participle of frizzle.

Forms of frizzled

comparativemore frizzled
superlativemost frizzled

Origin of frizzled

From frizzle + -ed.

Words formed from frizzled

Questions about frizzled

What does frizzled mean?
Frizzled means of feathers, hair, etc.: crisped or curled; crinkled, frizzed; also, of a person's head, etc.: covered with curled hair, or something similar to that.
What part of speech is frizzled?
Frizzled is an adjective.

Words near frizzled in the dictionary

  1. frizziness
  2. frizzing
  3. frizzing up
  4. frizzle
  5. frizzle fowl
  6. frizzled
  7. frizzler
  8. frizzlers
  9. frizzles
  10. frizzlier
  11. frizzliest

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