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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24327 03/22/2001 7:02 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2 horwitz stranger horwitz stranger Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2 Sartorial, of course, means "of or relating to (a tailor or) tailored clothes;" does anyone know a word that means (approximately) "of or relating to arranged hair?" Thanks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24328 03/22/2001 7:05 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered here's what i gleaned from my favorite obscure dictionary: comatulid - having hair that is neatly curled dasypygal (adj.) - having hairy buttocks oh wait, that's not really relevant, unless of course it's arranged nicely Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24329 03/22/2001 7:10 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Coiffurial? Since coining seems to be the new trend here these days. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24330 03/22/2001 8:03 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Is that Daisy Piggle who has a hairy ass? There are spa's that specialise in waxing posteriors-- maybe she should go to one! (almost a YART! don't start talking about Cally Pidgeon..) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24331 03/22/2001 8:05 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass oh goody, a chance to display my hair(y) collection: alopecia - loss of hair: baldness glabrous - smooth, esp: having a surface without hairs or projections horripilation - the erection of the hair of the head or body from fear or cold poliosis - graying of the hair tetrapyloctomy - the art of splitting a hair four ways (Umberto Eco coinage?) trichoptilosis - a longitudinal splitting of hair fiber better known as split ends trichotillomania - the abnormal urge to pull out one's hair (and since bridget weighed in with dasypygal) hirsute - roughly hairy, esp covered with coarse, stiff hair Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24332 03/22/2001 8:20 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered tsuwm, since you mention "trichoptilosis", you give me a segue for sharing "trichoschisticism", which is defined as the making of overly fine points (or hair-splitting) in an argument. i'd made a mental note to look up the putting-words-in-another's-mouth thread and post this as as related word. speaking of hair, where has the Auricomous One been hiding? i haven't seen her post in *ages*. she must be busy with those ducks Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24333 03/22/2001 8:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >"trichoschisticism" ...which leads directly to 'tetrapyloctomy'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24334 03/22/2001 8:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 How about coiffured Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24335 03/22/2001 8:51 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered oh, and you left out 'piliferous'... which leads to "piloerection" (the entymology of which is rather obvious), a synonym for horripilation. also, the lovely "ulotrichous", having wooly or crisply curling hair Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: clothing:sartorial :: hair:? #24336 03/23/2001 12:55 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2 horwitz stranger horwitz stranger Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2 Tonsorial is the best response I received. (Just in case anyone was wondering.) Thanks all for the other interesting words, too. 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