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‖ chignon|ʃiɲɔ̃|
[a. F. chignon nape of the neck, chignon; in earlier F. chaaignon (13th c.), chaignon du col, chinon du col, eschignon du col (16th c.) nape of the neck, variant of chaînon ring or link of a chain, f. chaîne chain.]
A large coil or hump of hair, usually folded round a pad, which has, at various times (e.g. c 1780, c 1870), been worn by women on the nape of the neck or back of the head.
1783Lady's Mag. XIV. 121 Fashionable Dresses for 1783. Full Dress.—The hair large, and the chignon low behind. 1817M. Edgeworth Harrington xiii, The hair behind, natural and false, plastered together to a preposterous bulk..was [c 1780] turned up in a sort of great bag, or club, or chignon. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 267 Pretty little fantastic chignons and lovelocks. 1865Pall Mall G. 3 July 9/1 A young gentleman was seen riding..holding on high at the end of his cane a chignon, as those heavy humps of hair are technically called. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. vi. 171 These girls..are all alike—from chignon to ankle.
Hence ˈchignoned a., wearing a chignon.
1869Daily News 4 Mar., All the noisy world of carrotty, chignoned ‘cocodettes’. 1870W. Whitman in Scott. Rev. (1883) 291 Unhealthy forms..padded, dyed, chignon'd. |