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
And Tatum’s waving, almost ringleted, faded incarnation, complete with a short, shaped-up front curtain, really is the Bizarro Trae.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
A skunklike streak of white runs up the center of his ringleted black dreadlocks.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
Hundreds of bearded and ringleted men picketed the tomb to prevent further sacrilege, fasted, paraded through the streets, recited psalms at the graveside day and night.
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
