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fringe

Pronunciation: /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/

The English word “fringe” has 16 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A decorative border.
  2. A border or edging.
  3. A marginal or peripheral part.
  4. A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
  5. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
  6. The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
  7. Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
  8. Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
  9. A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
  10. Non-mainstream theatre.
  11. The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
  12. The area around the green.
  13. A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

adjective

  1. Outside the mainstream.

verb

  1. To decorate with fringe.
  2. To serve as a fringe; to border.

Etymology

From Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, a metathesis of Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”, plural), of uncertain origin. Compare German Franse and Danish frynse. Displaced native Middle English fnæd (“fringe”), Middle English byrd (“fringe”), Middle English fasel (“fringe”) from Old English fæs (“fringe”), and Old English fnæs (“fringe”). Doublet of…

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