Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish or deck with curls: as, a becurled dandy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To curl; to adorn with curls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
cover ordeck out with curls. - verb transitive, archaic To
curl ; makecurly .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From be- + curl.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word becurl.
Examples
-
And sought to hide his froth-becurlèd head Low in the earth; Jordan's clear streams recoil,
'The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton' 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.