chevelure

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/ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ//ˌʃɛvəˈlʊɚ/

noun

The nebulous part of a comet or star.

OriginFrench chevelure →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounchevelure (plural chevelures)

plural chevelures

  1. The nebulous part of a comet or star.

    A bright star with a considerable milky chevelure

    1802, William Herschel, Catalogue of 500 new Nebulae, nebulous Stars, planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens
  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.

    1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson
  3. A periwig.

Origin

  1. Frenchchevelure
  2. Frenchchevelure
  3. Englishchevelure

Borrowed from French chevelure.

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APA

chevelure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chevelure

MLA

“chevelure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chevelure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chevelure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chevelure.

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