завитушка

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Etymology[edit]

From зави́ть (zavítʹ) +‎ -у́шка (-úška). Appearance of -т- is unexpected but also found in other derivatives of the same verb.

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завиту́шка (zavitúškaf inan (genitive завиту́шки, nominative plural завиту́шки, genitive plural завиту́шек)

  1. ringlet, lock (of hair)
  2. flourish, twirl, whorl, curl
  3. (figurative, colloquial) rhetorical flourish (artsy, complex figure of speech)

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