COIFFURE

hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif

(noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair)

dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure

(verb) arrange attractively; “dress my hair for the wedding”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coiffure (countable and uncountable, plural coiffures)

hairstyle

Verb

coiffure (third-person singular simple present coiffures, present participle coiffuring, simple past and past participle coiffured)

(transitive) to style or arrange hair

Anagrams

• coiffeur

Source: Wiktionary


Coif"fure, n. Etym: [F., fr. coiffer. See Coif.]

Definition: A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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