marcel
verb (used with object)
to wave (the hair) by means of special irons, producing the effect of regular, continuous waves marcel waves.
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marcel
1 American
[mahr-sel]
/ mɑrˈsɛl /
verb (used with object)
marcelled,
marcelling
noun
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a marcelling.
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a marcelled condition.
Marcel
2
American
[mahr-sel, ma r -sel]
/ mɑrˈsɛl, marˈsɛl /
noun
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Gabriel 1887–1973, French philosopher, dramatist, and critic.
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a male given name.
marcel
1
British
/ mɑːˈsɛl /
noun
verb
Marcel
2
British
/ marsɛl /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of marcel
First recorded in 1890–95; named after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser who originated it
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The Harlem in “The Back Room” is a site for “fine gowns and tuxedos, marcel waves and glitter.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
My aunties would come to town from Chicago and get the marcel iron out,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
He is 21, stands up to the plate in perfect style; his hair falls away from his forehead in a natural marcel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lily, his wife, unwilling to muss her new marcel wave before he saw it, waited, and kept ready a hot cup of tea.
From Time Magazine Archive
SEVILLE, Barber of, a celebrated tonsorial artist who introduced the marcel wave and the Gillette razor into Spain.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin Leslie Gordon
Its president Marcel Fratzscher predicted a "shock" that would batter growth and paradoxically hit the hardest in regions with the strongest AfD support.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” her publicist, Marcel Pariseau, said in a statement Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The taste of a madeleine famously sent French writer Marcel Proust back into vivid memories of childhood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
What good is Tolstoy or Marcel Proust to her?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Go, bring in Marcel, Djo. I see him peeking in the window making mischief.”
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
In one still from Peacock Records, the processed and marcelled hair that was Little Richard’s irrepressible glory has been squashed beneath a calypsonian’s straw hat.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Her previously loose and tawny hair is now marcelled and peroxide blond; her glittering but shapeless black gown projects the expensive glamour of a society matron.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 14, 2017
And though the costumes by Mr. Happel and Rustam Khamdanov also show plenty of stylishness and fantasy, the headgear — particularly the white marcelled wigs worn by several ballerinas — is generally ill advised.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2010
His mustache shorn, his hair slickly marcelled, Billy Dee sits before a dummy piano, miming perfect syncopation to Joplin's ragtime.
From Time Magazine Archive
But with the bun tucked under, the waves, and a side part, the style resembled a marcelled bob.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Last week Jonah Uden was pronounced capable of waving, marcelling, bobbing, shingling and shampooing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like women sitting for two hours under the marcelling irons only to wonder two days later how soon they would need another appointment.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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