frizzled

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adjective

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.

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Meanings

adjectivefrizzled (comparative more frizzled, superlative most frizzled)

comparative more frizzled · superlative most frizzled

  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?

    a. 1733 (date written), John Gay, “[Eclogues.] The Toilet. A Town Eclogue.”, in Thomas Park, editor, The Poetical Works of John Gay. […], volume III, London: […] [A]t the Stanhope Press, by C[harles] Whittingham; for John Sharpe, […], published 1812, →OCLC, page 63
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of frizzle

Origin

From frizzle + -ed.

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APA

frizzled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzled

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“frizzled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frizzled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frizzled.

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