Meanings
adjectivecalamistrated (not comparable)
- not comparablecurled or frizzed
Webs of calamistrated silk are common in every house and shed in England, where spiders of the genus Ciniflo spin them in cellars, in the corners of windows, in crevices of gateposts and so on.
1952, Theodore Horace Savory, The Spider's Web
Origin
Latin calamistratus (“curled with a curling iron”), from calamistrum (“curling iron”).
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APA
calamistrated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calamistrated
MLA
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Chicago
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