frizz

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

frizz, v. t. & n. 

 See Friz, v. t. & n.  [1913 Webster]

frizz, v. t. & i. [Partly imitative, but cf. Fry.].

 To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frizz, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 form (hair) into a mass of small curls.
2 dress (wash-leather etc.) with pumice or a scraping-knife.
--n.
1 a frizzed hair. b a row of curls.
2 a frizzed state.

Etymology

F friser, perh. f. the stem of frire FRY(1)