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frisette

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fri⋅sette

[fri-zet]
–noun
a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women.
Also, frizette.


Origin:
1810–20; < F; see frisé, -ette
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fri·sette also fri·zette   (frĭ-zět')   
n.  A fringe of curled, often artificial hair, usually worn on the forehead by a woman.

[French frisette, from friser, to curl; see frizz1.]
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