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chevelure

  • /ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/
  • /ˌʃɛvəˈlʊɚ/

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Borrowed from French chevelure.

noun chevelures

  1. The nebulous part of a comet or star. A bright star with a considerable milky chevelure
  2. A head of hair. An anarchy of small curls was her chevelure, a dark upland of misrule, every hair asserting its rights over a not discreditable brow.
  3. A periwig.

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"chevelure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chevelure. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chevelure. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chevelure

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"chevelure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chevelure.

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@misc{chevelure_2026,
  title = {chevelure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chevelure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}