See also: Marcel

English

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François Marcel marcelling his wife's hair, 1922
 
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Etymology

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Apparently from the French name Marcel, but accounts vary regarding who invented the style.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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marcel (plural marcels)

  1. A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
  2. A marcel wave.
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Verb

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marcel (third-person singular simple present marcels, present participle marcelling, simple past and past participle marcelled)

  1. (transitive) To wave (hair) by the marcel method.
    • 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 131:
      Like women sitting for two hours under the marcelling irons only to wonder two days later how soon they would need another appointment.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To wave.

References

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  • OED, 2nd edition

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