Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To make into a frill. · To become wrinkled. · To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. · A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. · A wrinkled edge to a film. · Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
Of uncertain origin.
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