Ringlety

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterised by ringlets.

    "It must be admitted, too, that the airy ringlety style of coiffure, which is one of the distinctive marks of this painter, was only becoming, even in the young, to the most evanescent species of beauty."

Example

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"It must be admitted, too, that the airy ringlety style of coiffure, which is one of the distinctive marks of this painter, was only becoming, even in the young, to the most evanescent species of beauty."

Etymology

From ringlet + -y.

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