to coiffure
- verb
- /kwɑːˈfjʊr/
- This spectacular piece (NT 155) represents a female with elaborately coiffured hair and is adorned with necklaces and bangles.
- coiffured hair
Examples
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Beside him sits a slightly older, very poised girl with shortish, well-coiffured black hair, dark eyes, and red lips.
Academic text (2011) -
If I were to take one of those poor things have her properly washed, dressed and coiffured you couldn't tell her from your own fiancee.
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I thought I'd seen everything until a woman beautifully coiffured and dressed in silk became "mounted"—that is, possessed by a loa.
Academic text (1990) -
She took great care to coiffure her hair perfectly for the wedding.
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The stylist will coiffure your hair to match your outfit for the gala.
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After hours in the salon, she left with her hair coiffured in an elegant updo.
Synonyms
Study a subject at university, for example medicine or law
To take place in a particular time or place
To put things or information in a clear, neat order
To make food, hair or a place look attractive by adding small items
To remove knots and smooth hair with a comb
Make someone's hair form small round loops with hot tools or rollers
To arrange hair to look neat or fancy
To braid hair into long locks
To style hair neatly for a clean, attractive look
Antonyms
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coiffure as a verb comes from the same French coiffe 'cap', and it gives the idea of 'putting hair into a cap-like shape'. So to coiffure someone is to arrange or style their hair carefully.