crispŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], curled, having curled hair, crisped, crimped (post-Aug.).
- I. Prop.: comatus et crispulus, Sen. Ep. 66, 25; cf. id. ib. 95, 24; Mart. 5, 61, 1.
- * II. Trop., of discourse, elaborate, artificial, Fronto, Or. Ep. 3, p. 248.