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POMPADOUR
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (man's hairstyle): do, ducktail, quiff
Verb
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
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