Frizzled
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of frizzle form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 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?"
Example
More examples"Another difference between the aurochs and the bison is the length of the hair; the neck, shoulders, and throat of the bison are covered with very long hairs; while the aurochs have all these parts covered with a short hair, resembling that of the rest of the body, the front excepted, which has frizzled hair."
Etymology
From frizzle + -ed.
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