kinky

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
adjective (of hair) in small tight curls
adjective informal terms; strikingly unconventional

From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).

They are black and, like the African negroes, have black, kinky hair. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson
The fellow's kinky wool was built up into horn-like spindles with twigs and dried mud. — Shadows in Zamboula, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
He covered his facial wounds with a full black beard that melded into his full short cropped kinky hair. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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