This week's theme: words related to words, writing, and language. curlicue or curlycue (KUR-li-kyoo) noun
A decorative curl or twist, in a signature, calligraphy, etc. [From curly, from curl, from crul (yes, that's how it was spelled earlier) + cue, from Old French cue (tail).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=curlicue To find some great curlicues, try the US Declaration of Independence http://archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_zoom_2.html The most prominent signature is of John Hancock, the first signer of the document. Today the term John Hancock has become an eponym for a signature. Happy holidays and Happy New Year to all of you from all of us at Wordsmith.org! -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Book covers are likely to be pink with snappy titles in curlicue fonts and images of a woman's body part (often long, bare legs tapering to a couple of high-heeled exclamation points)." Tahree Lane; Women's Lives Are Reflected in 'Chic Lit' Genre; Toledo Blade (Ohio); Nov 13, 2005. Sponsored by: Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 Increase your euphrasia with a t-shirt that'll amaze ya! 63 unusual words! Or choose love/romance tanktop! $21. Pix at http://www.spizzquiz.net/tshirts.htm ............................................................................ We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. -William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965) Looking for a word/quotation previously featured in AWAD? Archives are at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/curlicue.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/curlicue.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/curlicue.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
