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▪ I. ‖ coiffure, n.|kwafyr, rarely ˈkɔɪfjə(r)|
Also 8 quoiffure, coiffeure.
[F., n. of action f. coiffer to coif, dress the head and hair.]
A style or fashion of attiring the head and dressing the hair; head-dress, usually of women.
a1631J. Done Hist. Septuagint (1633) 68 (T.) Drawing up the coifure to a highness royal. 1702Addison Dial. Medals (1727) 87 Methinks she is very particular in her Quoiffure. 1711― Spect. No. 98 ⁋1, I am highly pleased with the Coiffure now in Fashion. 1831Cat's Tail 17 An old greasy night-cap, his morning coiffure. 1866Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve xxv. (1874) 319 It's not once in six months that Madame Baret's coiffure is amiss.
▪ II. coiffure, v.
(ˈkɔɪfjʊə(r), ‖ kwafyr)
[f. coiffure n.]
trans. To dress (a woman's hair). Also transf.
1906Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 6/1 She has a profusion of brown hair, beautifully coiffured. 1928Daily Tel. 1 May 15/3 Her hair was elaborately coiffured every morning. 1963Times 12 Mar. p. vi/4 Light's noble belt of parklands around the capital has been so barbered and coiffured that rose gardens and ornamental ponds begin to replace gum⁓trees and native grasses. |