frizette

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noun

A fringe of hair or curls around a woman's forehead.

OriginFrench frisette →
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Meanings

nounfrizette (plural frizettes)

plural frizettes · alternative frisette

  1. A fringe of hair or curls around a woman's forehead.
  2. historicalA pad of frizzed hair or silk formerly worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

    This cover offers no impediment to the hairpins, which are much better preserved in this way than by being left about in an untidy fashion. In addition, there should be a tray with various kinds of combs, frizettes and bottles of perfumes.

    1876, Eliza Bisbee Duffey, Our Behaviour: A Manual of Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society, Philadelphia

Origin

  1. Frenchfrisette“curl”
  2. Englishfrizette

From French frisette (“curl”).

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APA

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Chicago

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