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   frill

   /frɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament. Similar ruffleflouncerufffurbelowjabotpeplumfluterucheruchinggathertuckfringearchaic:purfle
   • ▪ a thing resembling a frill in appearance or function: "tiny frills of foam glistened white on the sea"
   • ▪ a natural fringe of feathers or hair on a bird or other animal.
   • ▪ an upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs.
   • 2. an unnecessary extra feature or embellishment: "it was just a comfortable flat with no frills" Similar ostentationornamentationdecorationembellishmentfancinessfusschi-chigarnishinggarnishmentgildingexcesstrimmingsaffectationsextrasadditionsnon-essentialsluxuriesextravagancessuperfluitiesinformal:jazzjazzinessflashinessfandanglerare:folderolsfallalery

   Word Origin late 16th century: from or related to Flemish frul.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frilled adjective
   • 2. frillery noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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