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# curlicue

«curlicue» in Mova's school dictionary: **A fancy curl or twist in writing, drawing or ironwork** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (curlicues)

### meaning for a pupil

A fancy curl or twist in writing, drawing or ironwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curlicue/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a fancy decoration or a fancy name

### examples

- She drew curlicues around her name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curlicue/#x1)
- The gate had iron curlicues at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curlicue/#x2)
- His moustache ended in curlicues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curlicue/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curlicue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curlicue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.