Frizzled hair; a short crisp curl.

hair resembling moss (cf. mossy, adj. 5).

Applied to substances resembling sheep's wool. offensive. The short, tightly-curled hair of people of black African descent. Also: gen. (jocularly)…

Frizzy style or character.

(A mass of) wiry, tightly curled hair. Also: a person having such hair; spec. (U.S. derogatory and offensive) an African-American. Frequently attrib…

In plural. Usually with the. Hair which has become an unmanageable mass of small, tight curls, esp. through excessive dryness; frizzy hair. Also: the…