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Added 8 October 2026

frizzle

/ˈfɹɪzəl/ verb

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To fry something until crisp and curled.
To scorch.
To fry noisily, sizzle.
The bacon frizzled in the pan.

noun

A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
A frizzle fowl

Origin

From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.

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