An elaborate hairstyle or arrangement of the hair; a historical term for a fashionable coiffure.
From French frisé (curled) + olé (possibly from Old French suffix), or a corruption of French frisure. The term reflects 18th-19th century fashion terminology borrowed directly from French, which dominated hair and beauty vocabulary.
When one language is considered fancy or sophisticated, its words get adopted wholesale—French dominated fashion, cuisine, and beauty vocabulary for centuries, so 'frisolee' and similar terms were status symbols of refined taste!
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