Frizz Definition

frĭz

frizzed, frizzes, frizzing

verb

frizzed, frizzes, frizzing

To form or be formed into small tight curls or tufts.

American Heritage

To form into small, tight curls.

Webster's New World

To fry with a sputtering, hissing noise; sizzle.

Webster's New World

To make a sizzling noise while frying or searing.

American Heritage

To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

noun

frizzes

Hair, etc. that is frizzed.

Webster's New World

The condition of being frizzed.

American Heritage

A small tight curl or tuft.

American Heritage

A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.

Wiktionary

Origin of Frizz

From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, frēsle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”).

From Wiktionary
Alteration (influenced by frizzle) of French friser from Old French possibly from frire fris- to fry from Latin frīgere to roast, fry

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.

From Wiktionary
Possibly back-formation from frizzle

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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