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Synonyms for frill

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fril
Phonetic Transcription : frɪl

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Définition of frill

Origin :
  • "wavy ornamental edging," 1801 (with a doubtful attestation from 1590s), of uncertain origin despite much speculation [see OED]; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. The verb meaning "to furnish with a frill" is recorded in 1570s. Related: Frilled.
  • noun luxury, nice touch
Example sentences :
  • A kind of ruffle or frill, worn formerly round the neck—a collar.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • The band should be half a nail in depth, and the frill is to be crimped as evenly as possible.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • The other edge is hemmed, and the frill is double the size round the neck.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Above these drawings there is a frill which falls back on the arm.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • When they are ready, flour them, and fry with the liver and frill until brown.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • We have a picture of him at the age of five, in a nankeen frock and a frill.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • How delightfully they impart to each other the pattern of a cap, or flounce, or frill!
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • It is a jewel in a rosette of jewels, with a frill of weeds or turf.
  • Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs
  • Hence our verb to goffer, to give a cellular appearance to a frill.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
  • As she unfolded it, there was Miss Lucy, with a high dress, and frill round her neck.
  • Extract from : « Norman Vallery » by W.H.G. Kingston

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