FRIZZLY

crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy

(adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

frizzly (comparative frizzlier, superlative frizzliest)

Having small, tight curls

Source: Wiktionary


Friz"zly, Friz"zy, a.

Definition: Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INITIALISM

(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”


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