ringlety

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Etymology[edit]

From ringlet +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

ringlety (comparative more ringlety, superlative most ringlety)

  1. Characterised by ringlets.
    • 1852, Isabel Rigby, Music and the Art of Dress, page 101:
      It must be admitted, too, that the airy ringlety style of coiffure, which is one of the distinctive marks of this painter, was only becoming, even in the young, to the most evanescent species of beauty.