Frizzled

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of frizzle form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 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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