a marcelling.
a marcelled condition.
Gabriel 1887–1973, French philosopher, dramatist, and critic.
a male given name.
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
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
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
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 Gordon, Irwin Leslie
The taste of a madeleine famously sent French writer Marcel Proust back into vivid memories of childhood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
"If it was more affordable for families we would definitely go and check it out," says Brennan, who was with wife Erica and children Stephanie and Marcel.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The loss of industrial jobs in Germany has accelerated in the past two years," Marcel Fratzscher, president of the DIW economic institute told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair division with a time of 1:16:06.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Marcel loved to reminisce about the past. renaissance.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
By now Ms. Huppert has re-emerged looking rather more demure, playing Phaedra in a marcelled red wig and pale skirt and dainty shirt with a bow collar.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
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
Hair sliding into careful waves marcelled to a T?
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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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