Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.
- v. To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.
- v. To make such a hairstyle.
Wiktionary
- n. A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
- n. A marcel wave.
- v. transitive To wave hair by the marcel method.
- v. transitive (figuratively) To wave; as, marcelled potato crisps.
- adj. Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.
Etymologies
- After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves.”
“Note 1: process head, refers to the "marcel" hairstyle of deep waves made with a curling iron.”
“Europa, meanwhile, marcel-waved and flat-chested, faces the rear: legs crossed, back straight, in other words sitting in the attitude of stylish nonchalance one might associate with cinematic comedies of the 1930s.”
“Many a beautiful marcel was sacrificed to save a masterpiece of millinery.”
“I. .called Sonny for an appointment; I had to have a marcel!”
“Filed under: inspirations | Tags: bruce nauman, crochet art, crochet urinal, fountain, marcel duchamp, nathaniel vincent, sherrie levine”
“Origins: My Five Best Sci-Fi Movies andrew lloyd webber, birthday, birthdays, born on this date, born on this day, Karl Malden, louis l'amour, marcel marceau, william shatner”
“The chattering class has enough voters that they control the balance of power now, big mistake Stevie Longnose. 3rd strike in your quest for a majority. comming up. marcel says:”
Should Parliament impose limits on the prime minister’s powers? - Polls - Macleans.ca
“Myra let in Sima, dressed in a 1940's women's style blouse and skirt, her hair somehow tamed into a marcel wave.”
“Marci @ October 3rd, 2007 at 9: 58 pm marcel and then hung? barf. i mean foam.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘marcel’.
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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azd's Words
adamantine, abatial, ablate, ablative, abrogate, accretive, acromegaly, acrostic, actinism, actinic, acuity, adduce and 968 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Ironweed
Words gathered while reading Ironweed by William Kennedy.
asteraceae, brogan, gravid, gandy, advent, slithy, dipso, flinty, suspire, henna, heller, nutsy and 90 more...
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Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
discovered while reading this book.
tendril, spiraea, political asylum, bristly, sordid, reel, garish, dulcitude, gait, charlatan, lapel, august and 96 more...
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Personal glossary
pasquinade, dilatory, afflatus, expatiate, cambric, mantua, marplot, henotic, brio, hebetude, pertinacious, demijohn and 79 more...
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hoppestere
dancing on waves - a mysterious term of Chaucer that I can't bury or even embalm.
mudra, orchesis, poussette, gestic, reel, coupee, riffle, hula, allemande, pavan, pantomime, geisha and 21 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for marcel.
bilby *waves back* Oct 10, 2008