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Webster 1913 Edition


curlicue

curl′i-cue

(k?rl′?-k?)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
caracole
.]
Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
[Sometimes written
curlycue
or
carlicue
.]
[ Colloq. U.S.]

Definition 2024


curlicue

curlicue

English

Noun

curlicue (plural curlicues)

  1. A fancy twisting or curling shape made from a series of concentric circles.

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curlicue (third-person singular simple present curlicues, present participle curlicuing, simple past and past participle curlicued)

  1. (transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.
    • 2007 October 15, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
      “Here We Go Again” is the gentlest kiss-off imaginable, with strings and harp and curlicued guitars cushioning Ms. Stone’s farewell []