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Definition fringe

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathesis of Latin fimbriae (�fibers", "threads", "fringe�) (plural). (Cognates include German Franse and Danish frynse.)

Noun

fringe (plural fringes)

1. A decorative border.
2. A marginal or peripheral part.
3. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
4. The periphery of a town or city.
5. (Britain) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
6. (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
7. Non-mainstream theatre.
8. (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
9. (golf) The area around the green
10. (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.

Adjective

fringe (not comparable)

1. Outside the mainstream.

Verb

fringe (third-person singular simple present fringes, present participle fringing, simple past and past participle fringed)

1. (transitive) To decorate with fringe.
2. (transitive) To serve as a fringe.

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