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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)
- A fancy twisting or curling shape made from a series of concentric circles.
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Verb
curlicue (third-person singular simple present curlicues, present participle curlicuing, simple past and past participle curlicued)
- (transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.