friz Meaning, Definition & Usage

Friz transitive verb

Etymology

Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair of the head. Cf. Frieze kind of cloth.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Frizzed ; present participle & verbal noun Frizzing

Definitions

1. To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

   With her hair frizzed short up to her ears. Pepys.

2. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
3. (Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

Friz noun

Wordforms

plural Frizzes

Definitions

1. That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. Written also frizz.

   He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts. Hare.