cymotrichous
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prettygoodwordcymotrichous (sahy-MO-truh-kuhs) - adj., having wavy hair.
Coined around 1905 from Greek (ahem) roots cymo-, from kýma, wave, something swollen + trichinos, of hair. One of a series of $20 words about what kind of hair someone has, including leiotrichous (straight-haired), lissotrichous (also straigt-haired), leukotrichous (white-haired), and ulotrichous (wolly-haired).
---L.
Coined around 1905 from Greek (ahem) roots cymo-, from kýma, wave, something swollen + trichinos, of hair. One of a series of $20 words about what kind of hair someone has, including leiotrichous (straight-haired), lissotrichous (also straigt-haired), leukotrichous (white-haired), and ulotrichous (wolly-haired).
---L.
