FRINGE

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from Latin fimbriae (plural) Date: 14th century an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band, 2. something resembling a ~ ; edge , periphery , bang IV, one of various light or dark bands produced by the interference or diffraction of light, an area bordering a putting green on a golf course with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself, 3. something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some activity, process, or subject , a group with marginal or extremist views, ~ benefit , fringy adjective II. transitive verb (~d; fringing) Date: 15th century to furnish or adorn with a ~, to serve as a ~ for ; border