"frilly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frilly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frillier [comparative], frilliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From frill + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frill|y}} frill + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} frilly (comparative frillier, superlative frilliest)
  1. Having frills; frilled. Translations (having frills): 有褶边的 (Chinese Mandarin), röyhelöinen (Finnish), crêpé (French), frisé (French), gerüscht (German)
    Sense id: en-frilly-en-adj-JpXINT9c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'having frills': 94 6
  2. Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance.
    Sense id: en-frilly-en-adj-udUBj4dc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frilly lizard

Inflected forms

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