frisetten.
/frɪˈzɛt/ A band or cluster of small curls, usually artificial, worn on the forehead.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of
sidelock1530
lock1601
tour1674
snake1676
front1693
bull-tour1724
back-head1731
ramillies tail1782
frontlet1785
frisette1818
toupee1862
postiche1867
switch1870
pin-curl1873
scalpette1881
wig-tail1888
chichi1906
hairpiece1939
fall1943
toup1959
1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy IV. §vi. 239 The one appeared without his stays, and the other without her frizette.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 33 A..middle-aged female, with a parchment forehead and a dry little ‘frisette’ shingling it.
1868 Daily News 10 Aug. The sixpenny frisett sold to fill out the sparse locks of the servant-of-all-work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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