chignonn.
/ˈʃiːnjɒ̃/, /ˈʃiːnjɒn/, U.S. /ˈʃinjɑn/, /ʃinˈjɑn/ A large coil or hump of hair, usually folded round a pad, which has, at various times (e.g. c1780, c1870), been worn by women on the nape of the neck or back of the head.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > coil or knot of hair
bob1688
chignon1783
puff1839
krobylos1850
cadogan1852
waterfall1859
cob1865
roly-poly1866
Grecian coil1874
Psyche knot1874
catogan1885
coil1888
pouf1893
bun1894
French roll1910
neck-roll1920
Grecian knot1931
1783 Lady's Mag. 14 121 Fashionable Dresses for 1783. Full Dress.—The hair large, and the chignon low behind.
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. xiii. 316 The hair behind, natural and false, plaistered together to a preposterous bulk..was [c1780] turned up in a sort of great bag, or club, or chignon.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 267 Pretty little fantastic chignons and lovelocks.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 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.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vi. 171 These girls..are all alike—from chignon to ankle.
Derivatives
ˈchignoned adj. wearing a chignon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > with a roll
chignoned1869
poufed1874
bunned1944
1869 Daily News 4 Mar. All the noisy world of carrotty, chignoned ‘cocodettes’.
1870 W. Whitman in Scott. Rev. (1883) 291 Unhealthy forms..padded, dyed, chignon'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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