cymotrichous

English

WOTD – 10 May 2012

Alternative forms

• cymatotrichous

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τριχ- (trikh-) (trikh-, stem of θρίξ (thríx), thrix, “hair”) + English -ous

Pronunciation

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Adjective

cymotrichous (not comparable)

1. (anthropology) Having wavy hair.
   • 1907, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Man, Volumes 7-8‎^[1], page 123:

     The hair is cymotrichous: one had flat wavy hair, in 19 it was very wavy, and in 7 it was markedly curly.

Derived terms

• cymotrichy

Translations

having wavy hair

• Finnish: aaltoileva (fi)
• Russian: кудря́вый (ru) (kudrjávyj)
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• Spanish: cimótrico m