ringleted
- adjective
- /ˈrɪŋlɪtɪd/
:
con rizos
- In the summer sun, her ringleted locks glimmered beautifully.
Examples
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This was the face the boy would carry with him, even though he knew that it had since become bearded, the hair long and dirty and ringleted, that his uncle had worn a blanket like many of the tither men.
Fiction book (2000) -
The little girl looked adorable with her ringleted hairstyle at the party.
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It never looks different from ringleted abandon and shines like copper.
Fiction book (1991) -
And at Sing Sing, Lawes's young daughter Cherie apparently never missed a screening and may only have been a distraction for new inmates who must have done a double take when they saw a ringleted little girl sitting among convicted criminals.
Academic text (2016) -
So quickly had the sense of menace evaporated that there were already a few people—the chicken-and-broccoli psychologist, a ringleted, very thin young social worker—who were starting to get up and collect their things.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her ringleted hair bounced with every step she took.
Synonyms
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2.7
Hair that forms small round shapes or waves
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4.3
Shaped like tight rings or spirals
Hair that forms many small round loops or waves
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Morphology
Etymology
The word ringleted comes from ringlet, formed from ring ('circle' or the ring you wear) and the ending -let, which means 'small', as in booklet. A ringlet is a small, ring-shaped curl of hair, so ringleted means having hair in these small curls.