ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Calamistrate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Calamistrate is a verb meaning (obsolete, rare) To curl (the hair).

Meaning

(obsolete, rare) To curl (the hair).

Example Sentences

Which belike makes our Venetian ladies at this day to counterfeit yellow hair so much, great women to calamistrate and curl it up […], to adorn their heads with spangles, pearls, and made flowers […].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include currycomb, cacuminate, curl, curry-comb, courb, conk.

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