chevelure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chevelure
First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English cheveler, chefe-lere, cheweler ; from Old French cheveleüre “head of hair, wig,” from Latin capillātūra “hairlike flaw in a gem or gemstone,” derivative of the adjective capillātus “longhaired,” derivative of capillus “the hair on the head”
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He went to call on la chevelure dorée, nevertheless, the morning after, and found her in the salon alone, greatly to his surprise and pleasure.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
Was she, too, at times vexed by the exuberant chevelure of the Caledonian, that hindered her from the sight of eyes gazing affectionately, almost tenderly, upon her?
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
His chevelure was like that which I see in a picture of the grand Conde.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe
Une chevelure de poète, the eye of an eagle, the moustache of a hero, the hand of a Rubinstein, and, if it pleases him, the temper of a fiend.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
She is as changeable as a chameleon in the matter of her hair: I never see her twice with the same colored chevelure.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
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