Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curlsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: curl-some
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by curls.

Example Sentences

"And time again My bluest lady fair Serenely still passed by And felt her goldlike Hair Ah! here a curlsome smile meekly awhile."
"Physics of H-eigenwaves in a periodic iris-loaded circular waveguide is generally characterized using a number of the typical power flows. Both the reflectionless flows and the ones contra-directional over the guide's cross-section are included, as well as the curlsome ones and others."
"Well, then take a qu[i]ck gander over at the Surf Channel, an online resource for everything curlsome and frothy."
"[...] snifflemas daisies and troublesome coughfulness; hibernating curlsome and logful smokefulness."

Etymology

From curl + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: curl

Inflected Forms

more curlsome (comparative) most curlsome (superlative)

Questions

What does curlsome mean?: Characterised or marked by curls.
Where does curlsome come from?: From curl + -some.

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