calamistrated
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin calamistratus (“curled with a curling iron”), from calamistrum (“curling iron”).
Adjective[edit]
calamistrated (not comparable)
- curled or frizzed
- 1952, Theodore Horace Savory, The Spider's Web:
- Webs of calamistrated silk are common in every house and shed in England, where spiders of the genus Ciniflo spin them in cellars, in the corners of windows, in crevices of gateposts and so on.
References[edit]
“calamistrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.