frilled; frilling; frills
: to provide or decorate with a frill
1
a
: a gathered, pleated, or bias-cut fabric edging used on clothing
b
: a strip of paper curled at one end and rolled to be slipped over the bone end (as of a chop) in serving
2
: a ruff of hair or feathers or a bony or cartilaginous projection about the neck of an animal
3
a
: affectation, air
—usually used in plural
intellectual frills and fustian—Joseph Epstein
b
: something decorative or useful and desirable but not essential : luxury
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