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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: friser, probably from frire 'to cook in hot oil'

frizz

 verb
     
frizz [intransitive and transitive] informal
DC if your hair frizzes, or if you frizz it, it curls very tightly
—frizz noun [uncountable]
how to give your hair more shape and less frizz
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