"frizzy" meaning in English

See frizzy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frizzy.wav Forms: frizzier [comparative], frizziest [superlative]
enPR: frĭz'i Rhymes: -ɪzi Etymology: From frizz + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frizz|y}} frizz + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} frizzy (comparative frizzier, superlative frizziest)
  1. Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions. Categories (topical): Hair Derived forms: frizzily, frizziness Translations (formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls): къдрав (kǎdrav) (Bulgarian), накъдрен (nakǎdren) (Bulgarian), crépu (French), kräuslig (German), borzas (Hungarian), crespo (Italian), hūmenge (Maori), pirikahu (Maori), pūtētete (Maori), pūtetetete (Maori), tete (Maori), crêp'leux (Norman), kędzierzawy [masculine] (Polish), encrespado (Spanish), crespo [masculine] (Spanish), rizado [masculine] (Spanish), chino [Mexico] (Spanish), ensortijado (Spanish), esponjado (Spanish), con frizz (Spanish), kabarık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-frizzy-en-adj-zJ4k7K~I Disambiguation of Hair: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frizzy.wav Forms: frizzies [plural]
enPR: frĭz'i Rhymes: -ɪzi Etymology: From frizz + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frizz|y}} frizz + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} frizzy (plural frizzies)
  1. A small amount of unkempt, curly hair
    Sense id: en-frizzy-en-noun-Nuwx4ZFj

Inflected forms

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          "word": "crépu"
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          "word": "borzas"
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          "word": "crespo"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.