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Word: Pompadour
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century (denoting an item of costume associated with the Marquise de Pompadour): named after Madame de Pompadour (see Pompadour, Marquise de)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɒmpədɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a woman's hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll
Short Definition:woman's hairstyle in which hair is turned back off forehead in roll
Examples:- she combed her hair into a high, curly pompadour
Word: Pompadour
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɒmpədɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
arrange (hair) in a pompadour
Short Definition:arrange hair in pompadour
Examples:- when they sent him to get his hair pompadoured like Elvis Presley, he sauntered away from the movie business
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