Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Having curls. · Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes) · Complicated and difficult; knotty.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorya person or animal with curly hair.
Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curly From curl + -y.
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