curlicues
Fancy script swirls
Curlicues are decorative spiral or curling shapes—the flourishes in ornate handwriting, the scrollwork on wrought iron, the swirls piped onto a cake.
The word suggests something fanciful and perhaps excessive: Her signature ended in elaborate curlicues.
Curlicue can also verb: Vines curlicued up the trellis.
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
embellishment · adornment · flourish · ornament · tracery · fretwork · lacework · festoon
To grow vigorously
- scriptWritten words for performance
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- letteringStyled written characters
swash · italic · quill · ink · serif · ligature · manuscript · inscription
scrollwork
Spiral ornamental design
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
baroque · embellishment · adornment · flourish · ornament · tracery · fretwork · lacework · festoon · cartouche
flourish
To grow vigorously
- scriptWritten words for performance
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
lettering · swash · italic · quill · ink · serif · ligature · manuscript · inscription · parchment
whorl
Spiral arrangement of ridges
- coilWound circular arrangement
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- voluteArchitectural spiral ornament
ringlet · tendril · loop · twist · swirl · corkscrew · scroll · spiral · twirl · winding
ringlet
Spiral lock of hair
coil · wave · spiral · corkscrew · frizz · perm · twist · wisp · strand · loop
- curvescurve, arc, curves, bend, spiral
- decorative patternschevrons, paisley, crosshatch, chevron, floral
- ornamentationornaments, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental, embellishment
- whimsical designstorybook style, whimsy, fantasy art, dreamlike imagery, fairy doors
- ornamental patternsfiligree, lacework, scrollwork, arabesque, fretwork
- embellishesadorns, beautifies, decorates, ornaments, garnishes
curlicuesstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
right angles · sharp angles · angles · straight edges · zigzags
curlicuesminimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
simplicity · clean lines · austerity · spareness · starkness