pompadour
(noun) a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
(noun) French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
pompadour
(verb) style women’s hair in a pompadour
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pompadour (plural pompadours)
A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
A crimson or pink colour.
A corsage with low square neck.
A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
• (man's hairstyle): do, ducktail, quiff
pompadour (third-person singular simple present pompadours, present participle pompadouring, simple past and past participle pompadoured)
To style hair into a pompadour
Source: Wiktionary
Pom"pa*dour, n.
Definition: A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
