"frizzy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frizzy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frizzier [comparative], frizziest [superlative]
enPR: frĭz'i Rhymes: -ɪzi Etymology: 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: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 74 26

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frizzy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frizzies [plural]
enPR: frĭz'i Rhymes: -ɪzi Etymology: 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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