frisure

English

Etymology

From French frisure.

Noun

frisure (countable and uncountable, plural frisures)

1. The dressing of the hair by curling.
   • 1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom‎^[1], volume 2, London: Robinson and Roberts, page 81:

     A box on the ear destroys the whole oeconomy of their frisure, upon which they bestow the greatest part of their time and attention […]

   • 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,^[2]

     […] 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

References

• “frisure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• friseur, furries, surfier

French

Etymology

From friser +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.zyʁ/

Noun

frisure f (plural frisures)

1. curl (of hair)

   Synonym: boucle

Descendants

• → English: frisure
• → German: Frisur
  • → Polish: fryzura
• → Norwegian Bokmål: frisyre
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: frisyre
• → Romanian: frizură

Further reading

• “frisure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.