[PW] Require a dictionary definition of the word "cirlique" for a piece of sculpture in an art exhibition

[Douglas Anderson]

It does look like a possible misspelling (deliberate or accidental) for
"curlicue" -- compare the fairly common misspelling "barbique" for
"barbecue", or even the (correct, according to Random House Webster's,
though it always looks wrong to me) variant "barbeque".

Negative results from The Dictionary of Art and from all our French and
French-English dictionaries.

Might it be a coinage by the author, meant to suggest perhaps "cirque"
(French for "circle") and some other term?  Some artists are fond of coining
new terms to name or describe their works.

-- Doug


On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Cheryl Stevens
<c.stevens at griffith.edu.au>wrote:

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