13 August 2015

marcel

[mahr-sel]

verb (used with object), marcelled, marcelling.

1. to wave (the hair) by means of special irons, producing the effect of regular, continuous waves (marcel waves)
noun
‘her marcelled hair’.

2. a marcelling.
3. a marcelled condition.

Origin of marcel

1890-1895; named after Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser who originated it

Related forms Expand
marceller, noun
Marcel
[mahr-sel; French mar-sel]
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Today’s quote

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

– Fidel Castro

On this day

13 August 1784 – British Parliament enacts ‘Pitt’s India Act’, which brought the East India company under the control of the British government.

13 August 1899 – birth of Alfred Hitchcock, English movie director and producer. Died 29 April 1980.

13 August 1926 – birth of Fidel Castro, former Cuban President.

13 August 1946 – death of Herbert George ‘H.G.’ Wells, British science fiction writer, author of The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds. Born 21 September 1866.

13 August 1961 – construction of the Berlin Wall commences.