chevelure

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle French chevelure

French chevelurebor.

English chevelure

Borrowed from French chevelure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/, /ˌʃɛvəˈlʊɚ/

Noun

chevelure (plural chevelures)

1. The nebulous part of a comet or star.
   • 1802, William Herschel, Catalogue of 500 new Nebulae, nebulous Stars, planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens:

     A bright star with a considerable milky chevelure

2. A head of hair.
   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson‎^[1]:

     An anarchy of small curls was her chevelure, a dark upland of misrule, every hair asserting its rights over a not discreditable brow.

3. A periwig.

References

• “chevelure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chevelure. By surface analysis, cheveu +‎ -ure. Compare Occitan cabeladura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.v(ə).lyʁ/

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Noun

chevelure f (plural chevelures)

1. head of hair
2. tail (of a comet)

Derived terms

• Chevelure de Bérénice

Descendants

• → English: chevelure
• → Russian: шевелю́ра (ševeljúra)

Further reading

• “chevelure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012