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ulotrichous - Word of the Day - Sun Jul 7, 2024

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ulotrichous - (adj) - having woolly or crisply curly hair

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Sephora's ulotrichous locks were the envy of everyone at the salon, each curl well defined.

 

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drpaladin
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Latin borrowed from the Greek oulotrich-, oulothrix, meaning having curly or woolly hair. 

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sandrewn
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In case you were wondering, no I did not buy a lottery ticket yesterday, surprise! (see  6 July comment)

As far as today's word choice,'ulotrichous', I was yet again feeling, not up to speed. Then I came across this chart,

ULOTRICHOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

(scroll down the page until you get to the chart in question)

and realized that I was not the only one, not up to speed, with regards to Myr's, 7 July selection. Sometimes, knowledge of collective ignorance can be bliss(feeling much better now, thank you).

 

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CarlHoliday

We can blame the French naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent who in 1825 came up with ulotrichous (“curly-haired”) and its antonym leiotrichous (“smooth-haired”) for the purpose of human taxonomy.

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Bill W

I guess ulotrichous would describe Jason Momoa as well. 

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34 minutes ago, Bill W said:

I guess ulotrichous would describe Jason Momoa as well. 

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Doesn't look so curly to me.

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Bill W
41 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Doesn't look so curly to me.

ulotrichous - (adj) - having woolly or crisply curly hair

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2 minutes ago, Bill W said:

ulotrichous - (adj) - having woolly or crisply curly hair

Woolly and curly are the same thing.

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Bill W
45 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Doesn't look so curly to me.

Let's try Troy Polamalu then. 

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Bill W
1 hour ago, drpaladin said:

Doesn't look so curly to me.

Just so you know, here are some adjectives for woolly: furry, fuzzy, hairy, rough, shaggy

I think Jason fits into those descriptions. 

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