curlicue
curlicue noun: a fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
Noun
curlicue (plural curlicues)
- A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
- I put in plenty of curlicues after the figures so that no one could raise the check into $400,000; then I got out my old rattan suit case and put in some clothes.1917, Christopher Morley, chapter 3, in Parnassus on Wheels, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC
- There was not the slightest use in trying to make its twisty curlicue streets conform to any engineering plan on earth; so those sensible old-time folk didn't try.1917, Anna Alice Chapin, Greenwich Village, page 45
Verb
curlicue (third-person singular simple present curlicues, present participle curlicuing, simple past and past participle curlicued)
- To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.
- A chandelier the shape of an anchor, hanging over Smith's head as he passed out through this vestibule. Walls curlicued with comb marks of some fancy plasterer.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 231–232
- I was looking, obliquely, at Bunny slumped over his bowl when all of a sudden, in the window behind his head, I saw the distant figure of Mr. Hatch, walking across the open field beyond the garden, carrying the dark, curlicued ruins of the Malacca chair to the rubbish heap.1992, Donna Tartt, The Secret History
curlicue meaning in Tamil
curlicue in Tamil
- வேடிக்கைச் சுருள்
Examples of curlicue in a sentence
- (Curlicue hand-drawn cartoons blossom frequently throughout, touching base with the source material’s distinctive visual style while adding an aptly hallucinogenic vibe when required.)2015 August 6, Leslie Felperin, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl review – a scaldingly honest coming-of-age comedy”, in The Guardian:
- “Here We Go Again” is the gentlest kiss-off imaginable, with strings and harp and curlicued guitars cushioning Ms.2007 October 15, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
Forms of curlicue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | curlicues |
| alternative form | curlycue |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | curlicues |
| present participle | curlicuing |
| past participle | curlicued |
| past | curlicued |
Origin of curlicue
From curly + cue.
Words formed from curlicue
Phrases with curlicue
Questions about curlicue
- What does curlicue mean?
- Curlicue means a fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
- What is curlicue in Tamil?
- Curlicue in Tamil is வேடிக்கைச் சுருள். See Curlicue meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use curlicue in a sentence?
- (Curlicue hand-drawn cartoons blossom frequently throughout, touching base with the source material’s distinctive visual style while adding an aptly hallucinogenic vibe when required.)
- What part of speech is curlicue?
- Curlicue can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of curlicue?
- The plural of curlicue is curlicues.
Words near curlicue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curlicue (page history and authors); curlicue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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