sb. and a. Obs. [A playful reduplication: cf. CURLIE-WURLIE.] a. sb. A fantastic curl or twist. b. adj. Characterized by fantastic curls.
1727–8. Mrs. Delany, Life & Corr. (1861), I. 159. The curly murly fashion of the hair is not much worn now. Ibid. (1756), III. 403. Lappets in all sorts of curli murlis.
