marcel
- noun
- /ˈmɑr.səl/
- Archaic
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marcel
- For the dance competition, she styled her hair in a marcel to match her elegant gown.
Examples
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Taking along his chauffeur marcel for company, Picasso attended a party conference in Poland.
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I'll need a marcel, won't I?
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I'll send marcel for it tomorrow.
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What do you want with that skinny old bee when you can have a tasty marcel like me?
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He must have told marcel, "send her a telegram every day."
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They even had a chauffeur with white gloves, the same marcel whom I met 15 years later, only without the white gloves.
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That's marcel.
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(BLUE MOON BY THE MARCELS PLAYING)
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The actress wore her hair in a beautiful marcel that highlighted her vintage style.
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After her appointment, she left the salon with a stunning marcel that reminded everyone of classic Hollywood glamour.
Synonyms
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6.3
A hairstyle with smooth curved ridges in the hair
A hairstyle with deep, regular waves made with a hot curling iron
Compounds
How Wavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marcel comes from the name of a French hairdresser, Marcel Grateau, who made deep, regular waves in hair with a hot iron. So a marcel is a classic hairstyle of smooth 'waves'.