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Frilling
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
1.
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
2.
something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.
3.
affectation of manner, style, etc.
4.
something superfluous.
5.
Photography. wrinkling or loosening of an emulsion at the edges, usually due to excessively high temperature during developing.
verb (used with object)
6.
to trim or ornament with a frill or frills.
7.
to form into a frill.
verb (used without object)
8.
Photography. (of an emulsion) to become wrinkled or loose.
Origin:
1585–95; origin uncertain
1585–95; origin uncertain
Related forms
frill·er, noun
un·frill, verb (used with object)
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Word Origin & History
frill
"wavy ornamental edging," 1591, of uncertain origin despite much speculation; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. The verb meaning "to furnish with a frill" is recorded in 1574.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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