marcel

mar·cel

 (mär-sĕl′)

n.

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

v. mar·celled, mar·cell·ing, mar·cels

v.tr.

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

v.intr.

To make such a hairstyle.

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[After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser.]

marcel

(mɑːˈsɛl)

n

(Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called: marcel wave a hairstyle characterized by repeated regular waves, popular in the 1920s

vb, -cels, -celling or -celled

(Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to make such waves in (the hair) with special hot irons

[C20: after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser]

marˈceller n

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Marcel

(French marsɛl)

n

(Biography) Gabriel (Honoré) (ɡabriɛl). 1889–1973, French Christian existentialist philosopher and dramatist, whose philosophical works include Being and Having (1949) and The Mystery of Being (1951)

mar•cel

(mɑrˈsɛl)

n., v. -celled, -cel•ling. n.

1.

a. a deep continuous wave produced in the hair with a hot curling iron.

b. a hairstyle consisting of such waves.

v.t.

2. to wave (hair) in a marcel.

[1890–95; after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser]

mar•cel′ler, n.

marcel

Past participle: marcelled
Gerund: marcelling

Imperative

marcel

marcel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb	1.	marcel - make a marcel in a woman's hair wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"