Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A perfumed ointment, especially one used to groom the hair.
- v. To anoint with pomade.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Cider.
- n. A fat saturated with the odorous principles of flowers by enfleurage.
- n. An ointment, especially a perfumed ointment used for the scalp and in dressing the hair. Also pomatum.
- To anoint with pomade.
Wiktionary
- n. A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
- v. To use pomade to style hair.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Cider.
- n. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.
WordNet 3.0
- v. apply pomade to (hair)
- n. hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
Etymologies
- French pommade ("ointment"), from Italian pomata, from pomo ("apple"), as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata ("(collective)") (English -ade). Pomo is in turn from Latin pomum. (Wiktionary)
- French pommade, from Italian pomata, from pomo, apple, from Late Latin pōmum; see pome. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The pomade was a present from Esther, and it was the first time I had used it.”
“I'd have packed him and his hair pomade off weeks ago.”
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“Candace Chesterwood tossed a stack of silk handkerchiefs and a lavender pomade into her threadbare carpetbag and closed the latches with an authoritative snap.”
“He kept his yellow hair slick with pomade back then, which stained her mother's handmade couch doilies and smelled like the grease Daddy used to rub on her bicycle chain when it locked up.”
“Her curls were stiff with pomade, and her bodice was clearly stuffed.”
“Their hair was now loose and tousled, no longer trapped by the macassar oil and brilliantine pomade of former years.”
“Having just washed and blown dry my hair, I sat patiently at the kitchen table as Grandma drew items from the bag and laid them before me on a pink cotton towel: A jar of pomade with a well-worn label; a black plastic comb; a few sheets of paper towel; a portable stove; and, last but certainly not least, a pressing comb.”
“As she waited for the pressing comb to heat up, she began to divide my hair into four sections and carefully apply the pomade.”
“My wife is wont to remind me frequently of John Edwards, he of the pricy locks and pricier gaffs, but Edwards couldn't carry Romney's pomade.”
The Huffington Post: Tony Phillips: Romney Has Nothing to Worry About: It's All About the Hair
“Why don't we try bringing back something like, oh, I don't know, the long moustache with the pomade-twirled points?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pomade’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Not edible
Things that sound edible but are not (usually). See Liberty's To Eat, or Not to Eat? for more diet food.
cinnabar, dulcimer, belfries, potto, maltha, grapple, loam, rake, tort, pomade, buffalo chip, wedgie and 172 more...
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Words That Mean Things
I found most of these words in books! That means they MUST be good.
flinders, periplus, palaver, midden, cadge, legerdemain, flense, lapidary, geas, bailey, susurration, satoris and 128 more...
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pomi-, pomo-
fruit; apple
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summerwing's Words
proctosigmoidoscopy, horrendous, cichlid, implode, nostalgic, firmament, elucidate, quintet, rhombus, mack, pithy, rambunctious and 304 more...
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hedges's Words
wii, crepuscule, adumbrate, concatenation, sufi, qawwali, furry, riot, mellifluous, conspiracy, etymology, tea cozy and 369 more...
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Madame Bovary
Some good words (chiefly French of origin, and often to do with the medical profession) encountered reading the Aveling translation -- mostly new to me, but a few words that are just worthy of bein...
tulle, argand, friable, corolla, lives of stir, difficile, rime, inveigh, feuilleton, peristyle, refulgence, wainscoting and 98 more...
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rich words
auburn, aureole, relic, reliquary, aureate, umber, lyric, elegy, requiem, jacinth, sable, penumbra and 95 more...
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lanklenmot's Words
ineluctable, prelapsarian, bien pensant, prospero, preternatural, gratifying, iconoclast, cineast, persnickety, tumescent, galvanize, pap and 889 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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-ade
the act of; product of; participant; drink made from
blockade, pomade, brigade, lemonade, limeade, orangeade, gasconade
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hair apparent
all things hair
shears, bleach, razor, mullet, blonde, redhead, tresses, sideburn, scrunchie, pomade, gel, afro and 12 more...
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