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PRONUNCIATION:
(ELF-lok)
MEANING:
noun: A tangled lock of hair.
ETYMOLOGY:
An elflock is a mass of hair supposedly tangled by elves, as a mother
might explain to her daughter while untangling her snarled locks after
a slumber. From Old English aelf. Ultimately from the Indo-European
root albho- (white), which is also the source of oaf, albino, album,
albumen, and albedo. Earliest
documented use: 1596.
USAGE:
"Rowling's stories hurtle along like an out-of-control broomstick;
her plots are as tangled as elflocks." Harry Potter and the Magic Brew-haha; Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Dec 19, 1999. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A sneer is the weapon of the weak. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
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