chevelu

From Old French chevel (Modern French cheveu) + -u, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *capillūtus[1], [2], variant of capillātus. Compare Spanish cabelludo, Portuguese cabeludo, Occitan cabelut.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.v(ə).ly/

chevelu (feminine chevelue, masculine plural chevelus, feminine plural chevelues)

1. hairy, long-haired
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, “IV. Essai de consolation sur la veuve Hucheloup”, in Les Misérables, 4e partie. Idylle et épopée; Livre douzième. Corinthe, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:

     [T]rois insurgés les assistaient, trois gaillards chevelus, barbus et moustachus.

     [T]hree insurgents were assisting them, three bushy-haired, jolly blades with beards and moustaches.

• cheveu

• “chevelu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.