Calamistrate

/ˌkæl.əˈmɪs.treɪt/ verb

Definition

To curl or wave hair using a calamistrum; to style hair by heating and winding it on a curling tool.

Etymology

From Latin 'calamistrum' (curling iron) + '-ate' (verb suffix). Romans used this verb to describe the action of using their heated reed-tube curling irons.

Kelly Says

Roman women would calamistrate their hair each morning using heated metal tubes, and this same technique remained essentially unchanged until electric curling irons were invented in the 1900s.

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