lovelockn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlʌvlɒk/, U.S.

/ˈləvˌlɑk/

Forms: see love n.¹ and lock n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, lock n.¹

Etymology: < love n.¹ + lock n.¹

Originally: a lock of hair worn longer than the rest and arranged so as to hang forward over one shoulder, often being tied with a ribbon (the style was popular among male courtiers in the late 16th and early 17th centuries). Later: any curl or lock of hair of an unusual or striking appearance.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun]

feak1548

lovelock1592

crisple1594

curl1604

cockle1608

crisp1638

ringlet1645

cockera1653

heartbreaker1654

moustache1662

confidenta1685

cruchea1685

passagerea1685

favourite1690

wimpler1724

cannon1774

whisker1786

favori1801

curlet1803

tendril1814

sausage curl1828

spit-curl1831

crimp1855

curdle1860

number sices1861

whiskerette1880

1592 J. Lyly Midas iii. ii. 43 Wil you haue..your loue-locke wreathed with a silken twist, or shaggie to fal on your shoulders?

1628 W. Prynne (title) The Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes.

1683 J. Dunton Informer's Doom 92 Will you be Frenchifyed with a Love-lock down to your shoulders?

1701 Art of Love 41 Towse her Love-Locks, or her Hood.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxv. 157 A love-lock, which nearly covered his right eye-brow.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack i. 7 Lovelocks, as the sailors term the curls which they wear on their temples.

1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland I. i. 12 Each [cart-] horse wore his mane in love-locks.

1894 A. Griffiths Secrets Prison House II. iv. ii. 63 Bandoline, which she used in making love-locks to adorn her fore~head and her temples.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 353 Sooner have me as I am than some poet chap with bearsgrease plastery hair, lovelock over his dexter optic.

1963 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 30 Jan. The hair is brushed gently into rising wave patterns, topped with lovelocks.

2005 C. Mann 1491 i. ii. 46 Inspired by asymmetrical Indian coiffures, seventeenth-century London blades wore long, loose hanks of hair known as ‘lovelocks’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lovelock
释义	lovelockn.¹ Brit. /ˈlʌvlɒk/, U.S. /ˈləvˌlɑk/ Forms: see love n.¹ and lock n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: love n.¹, lock n.¹ Etymology: < love n.¹ + lock n.¹ Originally: a lock of hair worn longer than the rest and arranged so as to hang forward over one shoulder, often being tied with a ribbon (the style was popular among male courtiers in the late 16th and early 17th centuries). Later: any curl or lock of hair of an unusual or striking appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 1592 J. Lyly Midas iii. ii. 43 Wil you haue..your loue-locke wreathed with a silken twist, or shaggie to fal on your shoulders? 1628 W. Prynne (title) The Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes. 1683 J. Dunton Informer's Doom 92 Will you be Frenchifyed with a Love-lock down to your shoulders? 1701 Art of Love 41 Towse her Love-Locks, or her Hood. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxv. 157 A love-lock, which nearly covered his right eye-brow. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack i. 7 Lovelocks, as the sailors term the curls which they wear on their temples. 1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland I. i. 12 Each [cart-] horse wore his mane in love-locks. 1894 A. Griffiths Secrets Prison House II. iv. ii. 63 Bandoline, which she used in making love-locks to adorn her fore~head and her temples. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 353 Sooner have me as I am than some poet chap with bearsgrease plastery hair, lovelock over his dexter optic. 1963 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 30 Jan. The hair is brushed gently into rising wave patterns, topped with lovelocks. 2005 C. Mann 1491 i. ii. 46 Inspired by asymmetrical Indian coiffures, seventeenth-century London blades wore long, loose hanks of hair known as ‘lovelocks’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1592
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