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frizzly

[ friz-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, friz·zli·er, friz·zli·est.

Origin of frizzly¹

First recorded in 1700–10; frizzle ¹ + -y ¹

At its southwestern end we find the most long-headed, prognathous, frizzly-haired, dark-skinned race of mankind.

Hair short, black or reddish brown, frizzly, flattened-elliptical in cross-section.

Their skin was of a very dark brown colour, their hair frizzly, and the nose flat.

This looked odd, considering that the rest of her hair was erect or frizzly.

Mr. Barrett's coat was quite unbuttoned; the curl on his wide brow had grown as frizzly as any common curl might grow.

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