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curlicued

curlicued adjective: having curlicues. Also the simple past and past participle of curlicue.

Adjective

curlicued (comparative more curlicued, superlative most curlicued)

  1. Having curlicues.
    • And, though I shrink from trying either to write or decode the curlicued Ukrainian cursive, just forming these letters is a joy for the hand: the twin sweep of a З (z) and the harsh angles of a Д (d), which I like to write as a triangle with a pair of sharp, inward-facing tails dangling from it.2026 August 4, Charlotte Higgins, “‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...

Also used as

curlicued is also the simple past and past participle of curlicue.

Forms of curlicued

comparativemore curlicued
superlativemost curlicued

Origin of curlicued

From curlicue + -ed.

Questions about curlicued

What does curlicued mean?
Curlicued means having curlicues.
What part of speech is curlicued?
Curlicued is an adjective.

Words near curlicued in the dictionary

  1. curliate
  2. curliation
  3. curlicue
  4. curlicue fractal
  5. curlicue fractals
  6. curlicued
  7. curlicues
  8. curlicuing
  9. curlier
  10. curlies
  11. curliest

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