curlicue
noun/ˈkɜːlɪkjuː/
/ˈkɜːrlɪkjuː/
(specialist)- an attractive curve or twist in writing or in a designWord Originmid 19th cent.: from curly + cue (in the sense ‘pigtail’), or -cue representing the letter q.
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