curly

adj

/ˈkɜːli/UK/ˈkɝli/US/ˈkøːli/

Etymology

From curl + -y.

derived from *kruzlǭ✻ — “bent or crooked object, curl”
derived from crul
derived from crulle — “curled, curly”
suffixed as curly — “curl + y”

Definitions

Having curls.
Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
3
Complicated and difficult
Complicated and difficult; knotty.
- Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.
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1. a person or animal with curly hair.
2. A nickname for a person with curly hair.
3. A nickname for a bald person.
4. A male given name.

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Derived

becurtovirus, curlicue, curlily, curliness, curly apostrophe, curly brace, curly bracket, curly cuh, curly fries, curly fry, curlyhaired, curlyhead, curly kale, curly mesquite, curly quote, curly top, curly wig, noncurly, uncurly

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at curly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at curly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at curly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA