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English
Etymology
From French frisure.
Noun
frisure (countable and uncountable, plural frisures)
- The dressing of the hair by curling.
- 1870, Daniel Garrison Brinton and George H. Napheys, Personal Beauty: How to Cultivate and Preserve it in Accordance with the Laws of Health, Springfield, Massachusetts: W.J. Holland, “The Hair,” p. 306,
- in the selection of a frisure, as in that of colors, a lady should take into account her complexion, her stature, her features, and her expression, and so arrange the hair as to heighten and give prominence to the most favorable parts of these, and conceal or diminish any defect which they may present.
1878, The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, Volume 26:[…] the frisure of women's hair
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French
Etymology
From friser + -ure.
Pronunciation
Noun
frisure f (plural frisures)
- curl (of hair)
- Synonym: boucle
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