Dictionary entry

Frounce

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Frounce (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Frounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Frouncing (?).] [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told, wrinkle, OF. froncier, F. froncer, perh. fr. an assumed LL. frontiare to wrinkle the forehead, L. frons forehead. See Front, and cf. Flounce part of a dress.] To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.

Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. Milton.