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单词 ringlety
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ringletyadj.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋlᵻti/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋlᵻdi/
Forms: 1800s– ringlety, 1800s– ringletty.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ringlet n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < ringlet n. + -y suffix1.
Of hair: tending to curl in ringlets.
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ringlety1821
ringleted1822
1821 L.-M. Hawkins Heraline IV. i. 5 She is taller than the Frenchwomen in general, has a profusion of fine ringletty hair, which the men here worship.
1858 J. L. Motley Let. 28 May in Corr. (1889) I. viii. 229 Smooth, white, shiny ringlety hair.
1896 A. H. Keane Ethnol. 176 [Hair] in the eastern Hamites and some others developing long ringletty curls.
1922 L. M. Middleton Happy Adventurers (2004) vii. 188 No, she decided, that hair could never have been red and ringletty.
1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell vi. 33 Her hair was ringlety, her face oval.
1997 Independent on Sunday 27 July (Real Life section) 3/3 It's so mellow and festivally here and I love the way the sea makes your hair go ringletty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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