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ringleted

ringleted adjective: with the hair in ringlets. Also the simple past and past participle of ringlet.

Adjective

ringleted (comparative more ringleted, superlative most ringleted)

  1. With the hair in ringlets.
    • As for the mob cap, not a fig did I care for it; but, to be taken for anything but a cavalier, by the ringleted one, was absolutely unendurable.1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC
    • The picture of a blanched and ringleted Boy George on the cover had been taken by Russell.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 4, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    beringleted

Also used as

ringleted is also the simple past and past participle of ringlet.

Synonyms of ringleted

Forms of ringleted

comparativemore ringleted
superlativemost ringleted
alternative formringletted

Origin of ringleted

From ringlet + -ed.

Questions about ringleted

What does ringleted mean?
Ringleted means with the hair in ringlets.
What part of speech is ringleted?
Ringleted is an adjective.

Words near ringleted in the dictionary

  1. ringless
  2. ringlessness
  3. ringlestone
  4. ringlestones
  5. ringlet
  6. ringleted
  7. ringleting
  8. ringlets
  9. ringletted
  10. ringletty
  11. ringlety

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