curlicuen.

/ˈkəːlɪkjuː/

Forms: Also carlicue, curly-cue, curleycue, quirlicue.

Etymology: < curly adj. + cue n.¹, either = French queue tail, or the letter Q in its script form .

a. A fantastic curl or twist.

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society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [noun] > flourish

dash1607

flourish1653

knota1680

purlicue1808

quirk1840

squirl1843

curlicue1844

line-filling1895

line-finishing1906

line-ending1928

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > curves or spirals

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bendc1535

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gadroon1694

scroll-work1739

queen's pattern1769

rinceau1773

cartouchea1776

curlicue1844

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rope border1855

gadrooning1856

rope-work1866

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C-scroll1904

trumpet spiral1936

trumpet pattern1937

koru1938

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation > curled thing or part > fantastic

curlicue1844

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxii. 54 I writ out my name..and handed it over, curlecues and all.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxvii. 155 We made a curlecue round both the ships.

1858 Home Jrnl. (N.Y.) 24 July (Farmer) Architects have a wonderful predilection for all manner of curlycues and breaks in your roof.

1872 C. Kingsley Madam How & Lady Why v. 117 Sand and gravel..arranged in..waves, and festoons, and curlicues.

1885 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Apr. 459 The Rocky Mountains,..like little feather quirlicues on a map.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 176 A frolicsome letter S, with a curlicue at each termination.

1898 Literature 17 Sept. 263/2 In Canada..the English-speaking country people..often used the word..to signify a trifle or a thing of little value—e.g. ‘I don't care a carlicue.’ ‘It is not worth a carlicue.’

b. to cut up curlicues (or carlicues): to cut capers. (Common in U.S.).

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18.. McClintock's Tales I..cut a curlycue with my right foot.

1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer II. x. 27 I soon saw, by the way in which the white man's track doubled and doubled again..that the fellow could not be cutting such carlicues for nothing.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms App. Carlacue, a caper or boyish trick. ‘To cut up carlacues’, is a common expression, equivalent to ‘cutting up didoes’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

curlicuev.

Etymology: < curlicue n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurlicue.

transitive and intransitive. To bend elaborately or fantastically. Also transferred and figurative. Chiefly in ˈcurlicued adj.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (intransitive)] > curl > fantastically

curlicue1844

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curl > fantastically

curlicue1844

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curled or curling > fantastically

curlicued1947

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. i. 11 A kind of picket fence made out of iron, all curlecued over on the sides.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxii. 66 Then her arms went curlecueing over her head.

1947 E. Kazan Notebk. for Streetcar Named Desire in Cole & Chinoy Directing the Play (1953) 297 Blanche is a social type, an emblem of a dying civilization, making its last curlicued and romantic exit.

1963 Punch 25 Sept. 456/2 The pink curlicued cupolas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	curlicue
释义	curlicuen. /ˈkəːlɪkjuː/ Forms: Also carlicue, curly-cue, curleycue, quirlicue. Etymology: < curly adj. + cue n.¹, either = French queue tail, or the letter Q in its script form . a. A fantastic curl or twist. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > decoration > [noun] > flourish dash1607 flourish1653 knota1680 purlicue1808 quirk1840 squirl1843 curlicue1844 line-filling1895 line-finishing1906 line-ending1928 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > curves or spirals oundingc1390 bendc1535 wrall1540 tirl1597 scroll1611 gadroon1694 scroll-work1739 queen's pattern1769 rinceau1773 cartouchea1776 curlicue1844 wave1845 scrollage1847 ogee1851 rope border1855 gadrooning1856 rope-work1866 vermiculation1866 ringing1885 scrollery1892 twirligig1902 C-scroll1904 trumpet spiral1936 trumpet pattern1937 koru1938 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation > curled thing or part > fantastic curlicue1844 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxii. 54 I writ out my name..and handed it over, curlecues and all. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxvii. 155 We made a curlecue round both the ships. 1858 Home Jrnl. (N.Y.) 24 July (Farmer) Architects have a wonderful predilection for all manner of curlycues and breaks in your roof. 1872 C. Kingsley Madam How & Lady Why v. 117 Sand and gravel..arranged in..waves, and festoons, and curlicues. 1885 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Apr. 459 The Rocky Mountains,..like little feather quirlicues on a map. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 176 A frolicsome letter S, with a curlicue at each termination. 1898 Literature 17 Sept. 263/2 In Canada..the English-speaking country people..often used the word..to signify a trifle or a thing of little value—e.g. ‘I don't care a carlicue.’ ‘It is not worth a carlicue.’ b. to cut up curlicues (or carlicues): to cut capers. (Common in U.S.). ΚΠ 18.. McClintock's Tales I..cut a curlycue with my right foot. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer II. x. 27 I soon saw, by the way in which the white man's track doubled and doubled again..that the fellow could not be cutting such carlicues for nothing. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms App. Carlacue, a caper or boyish trick. ‘To cut up carlacues’, is a common expression, equivalent to ‘cutting up didoes’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). curlicuev. Etymology: < curlicue n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurlicue. transitive and intransitive. To bend elaborately or fantastically. Also transferred and figurative. Chiefly in ˈcurlicued adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (intransitive)] > curl > fantastically curlicue1844 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (transitive)] > curl > fantastically curlicue1844 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curled or curling > fantastically curlicued1947 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. i. 11 A kind of picket fence made out of iron, all curlecued over on the sides. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxii. 66 Then her arms went curlecueing over her head. 1947 E. Kazan Notebk. for Streetcar Named Desire in Cole & Chinoy Directing the Play (1953) 297 Blanche is a social type, an emblem of a dying civilization, making its last curlicued and romantic exit. 1963 Punch 25 Sept. 456/2 The pink curlicued cupolas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.18..v.1844
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