Frizzy

//ˈfɹɪzi// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small amount of unkempt, curly hair
Adjective
  1. 1
    Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.

    "The wet weather made her hair frizzy and untidy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of hair) in small tight curls wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
crispfrizzlyfrizzlyfuzzykinkedkinky

Example

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"A black race, they had thick lips, flattened noses and frizzy hair resembling, in these ways, the blacks now living on Earth."

Etymology

From frizz + -y.

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