ringlet
noun
a curled lock of hair.
ringleted
-
a word derived from
ringlet.
Example Sentences
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One of the biggest stars of the era was Shirley Temple, a sweet, ringleted child who comforted audiences by mending rifts in families and melting the hearts of tough guys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Like David, he was Italian, but big and outgoing, unafraid of a belly-flop, with ringleted hair and a Michelangelean nose.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
A skunklike streak of white runs up the center of his ringleted black dreadlocks.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
A community of black-suited, ringleted and bearded Hasidim is peaceably gathered on a set that includes a large menorah and Torah scrolls and, on the sides, a Jewish cemetery.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was something Renaissance about the pose, but it was princes I thought of, not coiffed and ringleted maidens.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
