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curlicue (n.)
[curlicue 词源字典]
1843, American English, from
curly
+
cue
, perhaps from French
queue
"tail" or letter
Q
in its looping script form. Earlier in this sense was
curlie-wurlie
(1772).
[curlicue etymology, curlicue origin, 英语词源]
[curlicue 词源字典]