crépu

From Old French cresp + -u; ultimately from Latin crispus (“curly; crimped”) (→ crêpe).

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crépu (feminine crépue, masculine plural crépus, feminine plural crépues)

1. frizzy, fuzzy
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Rosalie avait des cheveux crépus, gris-blanc, qui dressait comme une toque au-dessus de son crâne.

     Rosalie had frizzy greyish-black hair, which stood up like a judge's wig on top of her skull.

2. kinky (for hair)

• “crépu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.