fringe
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noun
1. an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material.
(カーテン･ドレスなどの)ふさ飾り, フリンジ; (飾りの)縁取り; ふさ飾り状のもの
2. chiefly British the front part of a person's hair cut so as to hang over the forehead; bangs.
｟主に英｠ 〖通例単数形で〗(額を覆うように切った)前髪(｟米｠ bang2)
a natural border of hair or fibers in an animal or plant.
3. (often the fringes) the outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity:
｟英｠ ; 〖しばしば～s〗 周辺, (中心から遠い)外縁［辺］, 辺境, 端; 二次的なもの［事］
e.g. his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity.
(the fringe) the unconventional, extreme, or marginal wing of a group or sphere of activity:
〖通例the ～s〗 【集団･分野などの】少数派, 過激［急進］派, 傍流(fringe group) «of»
e.g. the lunatic fringe of American political life
e.g. rap music is no longer something on the fringe.
4. a band of contrasting brightness or darkness produced by diffraction or interference of light.
〘光学〙 (光の干渉･回折によって生じる)光のしま.
a strip of false color in an optical image.
5. North American short for fringe benefit.
｟米｠ ＝ fringe benefit
adjective attributive
not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme:
〖名詞の前で〗周辺的な, 非主流の, 重要でない
e.g. fringe theater.
verb (fringes, fringing, fringed) with object
decorate (clothing or material) with a fringe:
…をふさで飾る, …にフリンジを付ける
e.g. a rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet.
form a border around (something):
«…で» 〈場所･服など〉を縁取る «with»
e.g. the sea is fringed by palm trees.
(as adjective fringed) (of a plant or animal) having a natural border of hair or fiber.
DERIVATIVES
fringeless adjective
fringy |ˈfrinjē| adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French frenge, based on late Latin fimbria, earlier a plural noun meaning ‘fibers, shreds’.