• Fringe

    Pronunciation

    • GenAm IPA: /fɹɪndÊ’/

    Origin

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

    Full definition of fringe

    Adjective

    fringe

    1. Outside the mainstream.

    Noun

    fringe

    (plural fringes)
    1. A decorative border.the fringe of a picture
    2. A marginal or peripheral part.
      • Jeremy Taylorthe confines of grace and the fringes of repentance
      • 2011, September 29, Jon Smith, Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers, Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.
    3. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
    4. The periphery of a town or city.He lives in the fringe of London.
    5. That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs.Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.
    6. (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.interference fringe
    7. Non-mainstream theatre.The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe
    8. The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.

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    Verb

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

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