curlicue的词源

英文词源

curlicue (n.)

1843, American English, from curly + cue, perhaps from French queue "tail" or letter Q in its looping script form. Earlier in this sense was curlie-wurlie (1772).

中文词源

curlicue：书法图案等的花饰旋曲

curl，卷曲。cue, 尾巴，词源同queue.

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