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单词 chevelure
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cheveluren.

/ʃəvəˈl(j)ʊə/
Forms: Middle English cheveler, 1600s– chevelure.
Etymology: < French chevelure, in Old French cheveleüre = Provençal cabelladura, Italian capillatura < Latin capillātūra head of hair, < capillātus haired, < capillus a hair. In Middle English naturalized as cheveler, but in modern use, treated as a French loanword, and pronounced accordingly.
1. The hair of the head, a head of hair; †a wig.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair
chevelure1470
heartbreaker1654
wig1675
tête1756
wiggery1775
transformation1901
the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun]
lockeOE
faxc900
hairc1000
hairc1000
headOE
topc1275
toppingc1400
peruke1548
fleece1577
crine1581
head of hair1587
poll1603
a fell of haira1616
thatcha1634
maidenhair1648
chevelure1652
wool1697
toupet1834
nob-thatch1846
barnet1857
toss1946
1470 in Cunningham Brit. Paint. (1829) I. 18 Item, longeth to the angels four chevelers.
c1488 Digby Myst. 139 (stage direct.) Ffyrst entreth Wysdam..vpon his hed a cheveler with browes.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 124 Majesty in his very chevelure.
1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele 49 Conspicuous..by her chevelure which looked like a closely-fitting cap of Astrachan wool.
1884 West. Daily Press 29 May 3/7 An abundant chevelure, drawn up from the neck.
2. transferred. The luminous appearance surrounding the nucleus of comets; also the diffused light round certain nebulous stars. [So in French.]
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the world > the universe > star > [noun] > nebulous star > light around
chevelure1672
the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > starlight > light surrounding star
chevelure1672
the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [noun] > head > coma
chevelure1672
coma1766
1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4044 When we beheld the Comet with Telescopes, we saw about his head a chevelure of an almost equal length, without being able clearly to distinguish his tail.
1791 E. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 78 A star of about the 9th magnitude, surrounded by a milky nebulosity, or chevelure, of about 3 minutes in diameter.
1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 135 If the moon is an old comet, what has she done with her chevelure, or hair?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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