Kinkly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Liable to kink or curl; kinky. obsolete

    "and were addicted to short kinkly curls, exaggerated, in the case of villains of more than ordinary atrocity, into a stream of raven locks[…]"

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"and were addicted to short kinkly curls, exaggerated, in the case of villains of more than ordinary atrocity, into a stream of raven locks[…]"

Etymology

From kinkle + -y?

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