marcel

(mär sel′)

noun

a formerly popular hairstyle consisting of a series of even waves put in the hair with a curling iron

Origin: after Marcel Grateau, early 20th-c. Fr hairdresser

to put such waves in (hair)

noun

a masculine name

Marcel, Gabriel 1889-1973; Fr. philosopher

See marcel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.

verb mar·celled, mar·cell·ing, mar·cels

verb, transitive

To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.

verb, intransitive

To make such a hairstyle.

Origin:

Origin: After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser

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