curlicue

Meaning of curlicue

noun
  1. a decorative curl or twist in calligraphy or in the design of an object.
    the wide bridge was decorated with gilded wrought-iron curlicues

mid 19th century: from curly + cue2 (in the sense ‘pigtail’), or -cue representing the letter q .

Information about curlicue

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of curlicue is: curlicues.
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Hyphenation of curlicue

curlicue

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • curlicue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

curlicue synonyms

Meaning coil:

coil, whorl, roll, curl, ringlet, gyre, scroll

Meaning squiggle:

squiggle

Words that rhyme with curlicue

pirlicue, purlicue

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