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pompadour

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pompadour.

Editorial note

Who episode with the clockwork ship crew that goes back to capture Madame de Pompadour comes to mind).

Examples10
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pompadour gathered in one view.

noun

A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.

noun

A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.

verb

To style hair into a pompadour

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pompadour.

noun

A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.

noun

A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.

verb

To style hair into a pompadour

noun

A crimson or pink colour.

Example sentences

1

Who episode with the clockwork ship crew that goes back to capture Madame de Pompadour comes to mind).

2

I suspect that may have something to do with my well-coiffed pompadour, taking on a rather fetching shade of gray.

3

Because it was in glorius SovColor and because the hero had greasy ElvisPresley-pompadour, I would say it was shot in between 1960-1970.

4

> self-righteousness and pompadour Hair styling is everything when exuding self-righteousness.

5

There’s a fetching shade of gray, to my well-coiffed pompadour, and I find many younger folks are almost immediately hostile, before I’ve even had a chance to give them a reason to be.

6

With a six-inch pompadour, brocaded shirts, rhinestone shades, and a rhythmic, belligerent style of piano playing, Esquerita was the original Little Richard, years before Mr.

7

In that case, I would advise doing something like a Pompadour clock type of thing, 30 minute sessions (or whatever time limit you want) of continuous work, then break, then another timed session.

8

I'm just saying that you'll get lots of advice from young, and/or career-secure people, with a lot of theoretical advice, based on their own experience of not having trouble (but they may be in for a bit of a shock, as their well-coiffed pompadour starts to take on a fetching shade of grey.

Proper noun examples

1

Après moi, le déluge -King Louis XV of France to Madame de Pompadour, his favourite.

2

The Parc-aux-Cerfs (place whet he was meeting girls brought there by Mme de Pompadour) was not in use for many years already (since Mme de Berry become his mistress).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pompadour in a sentence?

Who episode with the clockwork ship crew that goes back to capture Madame de Pompadour comes to mind).

What does pompadour mean?

A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.

What part of speech is pompadour?

pompadour is commonly used as noun, verb.