pompadour

Speech parts

1. pompadour - Noun

2. pompadour - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

quiff ducktail Jeanne Antoinette Poisson bob roach marcel barber coiffure wave trim clip dumb trimming do coif
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Antonyms

waste elder

Hypernyms

style coiffure coif hairstyle hairdo hair style

Phrases with the word

pompadour heel

Examples

When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the 80s - that I had Robert Wagners pompadour. I said, What are you talking about? You mean the guy from Hart to Hart? Michael Weatherly

NASHVILLE (AP) — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. Source: Internet

It is derived from Madame de Pompadour 's après nous, le déluge, "after us, the deluge". Source: Internet

The Marquise de Pompadour was officially settled on the third floor (second storey) of the Palace of Versailles in small but comfortable apartments that can still be visited today. Source: Internet

Madame de Pompadour, however, was his confidant and friend, and in his heart he truly loved her and only her. Source: Internet

None of them could match Little Richard’s stage persona however—High pompadour, shiny suits, mascara and makeup and his hoarse, urgent delivery. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Pompa pompadom pompador pompadour fish pompadour heel pompadoured