verb · transitive · rare

frizz

frizz · frizzes · frizzed · frizzing

kräuseln, verwuscheln, aufrauen

Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curlsOf hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

/fɹɪz/

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
kräuseln, verwuscheln
(transitive)To curl; to make frizzy.
curl tightly
To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
aufrauen
To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.

Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

of hair: to form into a mass of curls:

to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth:

Origin

From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruff

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 hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”).

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