pompadourn.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒmpədɔː/,

/ˌpɒmpəˈdʊə/, U.S.

/ˌpɑmpəˈdɔr/,

/ˈpɑmpəˌdɔr/,

/ˌpɑmpəˈdʊ(ə)r/

Forms: 1700s pompedore, 1700s– pompadore, 1700s– pompadour. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) borrowing from French. Partly (ii) from a proper name. Etymons: French pompadour; proper name Pompadour.

Etymology: < French pompadour kind of rich silk patterned with sprigs of coloured flowers, used in dressmaking (18th cent.), style associated with the reign of Louis XV (1847; compare earlier à la Pompadour (1750 with reference to a table)) and its etymon, the name of the Marquise de Pompadour (1721–64), mistress of Louis XV from the mid 1740s and an influential patron of the arts and philosophy.With the sense ‘kind of handbag’ (see A. 1) compare German Pompadour kind of handbag made of soft material (1832 or earlier; now rare). In senses A. 2b and B. (and in Pompadour pink n. and adj. at Compounds 2), apparently after French rose Pompadour (see rose Pompadour n.).

A. n.

1. Any of various items of costume (a pelisse, a kind of handbag, etc.; see quots.) characteristic of, associated with, or inspired by the Marquise de Pompadour or her circle. Cf. Compounds 4. Now rare (historical in later use).

ΚΠ

1752 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 110 I think there is a time of life..when very gaudy entertainments are as unbecoming, as pink colour and pompadours!

1755 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 321 I don't know what you mean by a pompadour, unless it is what we call in this part of the world a pelisse; which in plain English is a long cloak made of satin or velvet,..lined or trimmed with silk, satin, or fur,..with slits for the arms to come out and a head like a capuchin.

1756 Universal Mag. 19 133/2 No decent coif—but just before Was grandly plac'd a pompedore.

1762 tr. Gresset Green-green i. 9 I've read that a veil'd Face needs as true Glasses, As those adorn'd with Pompadores and Laces.

1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress I. Pref. 9 In her hand she [sc. Sidonia] carries a sort of pompadour of brown leather, of the most elegant form and finish.

1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 408/1 Pompadour,..2. Woman's drawstring handbag, usually velvet or lace, of 18th century.

a. A pattern consisting of sprigs of flowers scattered on a white or pale ground; a fabric decorated with this or a similar pattern. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific pattern

print1679

pompadour1758

zebra1819

pinhead1886

argyll1890

sponge bag trousers1900

tie-dye1926

houndstooth1936

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > other

tapeta900

tapisa1513

quilting1616

pompadour1758

crossover1795

diamantine1832

chiné1841

nail head1892

floral1897

Paisley1898

basket weave1925

pareu cloth1972

1758 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 Mar. (advt.) A variety of calicoes, stamp'd cottons and linens, plain and cherry-derry Venetian poplins, yd. wd. silk Hungarians,..pompadours,..&c.

1887 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 22 Apr. 3/6 (advt.) A small line of Chenille Embroidered Pompadours on Satin Marvellieux [sic], shaded toned effects.

1916 Washington Post 22 Jan. 7/4 Mrs. Esteban F. Carbo..wore a becoming gown of pale yellow silk pompadour in wreaths of tiny pink rosebuds.

1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream iv. 88 To the feminine inhabitants of Restharrow, pompadour was the name of the fashionable flowered print which could be bought for sixpence or eightpence a yard.

b. A shade of pink; = Pompadour pink n. and adj. (a) at Compounds 2. Also: a fabric of this colour. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > pink or red

redc1275

sanguine1319

Brazil1389

crimson1416

murrey1530

carnadine1598

vermiliona1640

pompadour1761

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink

incarnationa1475

carnation?1533

peach colour1573

maiden's blush1598

maiden blush1600

flesh-colour1611

gridelinc1640

incarnadine1661

pinka1669

peach bloom1716

pompadour1761

rose pink1772

salmon-colour1813

orange-pink1820

peachiness1820

maiden rose1827

pinkiness1828

peach-blow1829

peach1831

pink madder1835

flesh-tint1839

pinkness1840

rose du Barry1847

flesh1852

almond1872

ash of roses1872

nymph-pink1872

rose Pompadour1872

salmon1873

pinkishness1874

mushroom1884

salmon-pink1884

naturelle1887

shell-pink1887

sunrise1890

sultan pink1899

mushroom colour1900

sunblush1925

flesh tone1931

magnolia1963

1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves in Brit. Mag. Dec. 629/2 Mr. Clarke was dressed in pompadour, with gold buttons.

1764 Public Reg. (Dublin) 24 Mar. 224/1 (advt.) Best Superfine Black, Coffee, Claret and Drab-coloured Cloths... Wool Blues, Greys, Pompadours, &c.

1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 16 He..ever recommended a coat of pompadour or some conspicuous colour.

1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 169 Many colours were then worn which are now laid aside, such as white, pea green, pompadour, yellow, peach, [etc.].

1968 N.Y. City (Michelin Tire Corp.) 57 The most precious types of Sèvres porcelain, in the pink known as ‘Pompadour’.

†3. = pompadour cotinga n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Cotingidae (cotinga) > other types of

pompadour1764

red chatterer1781

short bill1820

fruit-crow1856

rock-bird1890

1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 275 The Pompadour... Birds taken in a French prize... They were said to be for Madam Pompadour. It being a Bird of excessive beauty, I hope that Lady will forgive me for calling it by her name... Mr. Brisson..calls it Cotinga Pourpre.

1871 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 462 The delicate white wings and claret-coloured plumage of a lovely pompadour would glance from the foliage.

a. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll, sometimes over a pad; a hairpiece worn to achieve a similar effect. See also Compounds 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for women

cockernony1701

Madonna1829

Madonna braid1829

pompadour1872

marumage1880

marcel-waving1904

turban swathe1912

up-do1938

earphones1940

pageboy1976

1872 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 May (advt.) We would just mention new arrivals in Real Hair Switches,..Real Hair Curls, French Twists, Pompadours, Linen and Jute Chignons.

1904 Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 8/5 It is absolutely impossible for a woman..to produce the strange erections known to-day as Pompadours, Regency curls, &c., naturally.

1961 D. Rogers Oswego vii. 118 Her pompadour was elaborately undergirded by ‘rats’ constructed of matting.

1996 R. Robinson Amer. Original viii. 97 Her skirts fell to her ankle or below; her pompadour was as high as a mountaintop.

b. Originally U.S. A hairstyle worn by men, in which the hair is swept back from the forehead without a parting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for men

French cut1583

pigeon wing1753

pompadour1885

D.A.1951

duck anatomy1951

duck-tail1955

Tony Curtis1956

duck arse1960

duck behind1961

comb-over1980

mullet1994

1885 Atlanta Constit. 14 Apr. 4/4 The pompadour is the most convenient way possible to wear the hair. It is cool, and simply running your fingers through it when you get up dresses it for the day.

1895 Weekly Examiner (San Francisco) 19 Sept. 1/7 Henry Jacob has a pompadour and a profile not unlike Durrant's.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. vi. 76 The meek ambitiousness..clouded like an aura his pale face, flap ears, and sandy pompadour.

1976 New Yorker 24 May 107/1 Reagan looks good at the rostrum: a tall figure with ruddy cheeks, his reddish-brown hair swept back in a slight pompadour.

1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time vi. 80 He wore tight high-water jeans and cultivated a shiny pompadour through which he drew his comb in slow, measured strokes.

†B. adj.

= Pompadour pink n. and adj. (b) at Compounds 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > specific fashions

pompadour1756

regency1811

Lavallière1873

greenery-yallery1881

empire1887

Régence1891

sporty1895

Gibson1901

Beatle1963

mod1964

1756 Connoisseur No. 119. 720 His taylor..having dressed him in a snuff-colour'd coat, instead of a pompadour.

1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy I. lxxii. 268 Here they were interrupted by a footman, in a pompadour colour.

1776 London Mag. 45 54/2 A young man..dressed in a pompadour suit of clothes.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 102 His coat was chocolate brown, with a pompadour velvet collar.

C. adv.

U.S. †In a style reminiscent of clothes worn by or associated with the Marquise de Pompadour (obsolete). Of hair: in a pompadour style (see sense A. 4). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1870 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 21 Oct. 1/3 Miss Alice Norton was attired in an elegant green silk, en train, and cut pompadour, trimmed with white satin puffing.

1879 E. Harrigan Mulligan Guard Ball (typescript) i. ii. 12 I don't want to look like a chromo; I'll wear me hair pompadour.

1896 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 19 Jan. 3/4 The corsage was pointed and cut pompadour at the neck.

1908 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 7 Nov. 7/2 If the hair is to be worn pompadour, the front half is divided into three parts.

1951 M. W. Beckwith tr. Kumulipo 81 A class of men who trimmed their hair pompadour and held it up with a comb of shell.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic.

pompadour-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

1762 Yearly Chron. 116 He wore his usual Pompadour-coloured coat with gilt buttons.

1909 Indianapolis Sunday Star 26 Dec. A pretty little jewel bag..decorated with a spray of pompadour-colored flowers in French embroidery.

pompadour-patterned adj.

ΚΠ

1902 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 3/2 Wearing a delicately Pompadour-patterned muslin frock.

1915 Manitoba Free Press 13 Apr. 8/4 (advt.) Pompadour patterned or in broad striped patterns.

C2.

pompadour cotinga n. a cotinga, Xipholena punicea, of tropical South American forests, the male of which has brilliant crimson-purple plumage with mainly whitish wings.

ΚΠ

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. 117 The Pompadour Cotinga is entirely purple, except his wings, which are white.

1994 R. S. Ridgely & G. Tudor Birds S. Amer. II. 756 Pompadour Cotingas are mainly silent, but a hollow mechanical rattle is sometimes heard.

Pompadour pink n. and adj. (a) n. a shade of pink; = rose Pompadour n.; (b) adj. of this colour.

ΚΠ

1866 A. M. H. Brewster St. Martin's Summer 334 The discords that will be made by some horrid chemical-blue gown passing near Venitia's delicate sea-foam, or Pompadour pink clashing against Florence's rose-bud hue.

1902 Mansfield (Ohio) News 20 Aug. ii. 2/5 Of pompadour pink louisine is the charming frock illustrated.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Sept. 26 The so-called Pompadour Pink named by Sevres for Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, was discontinued after her death at 43.

C3.

a. Designating a fabric, garment, etc., decorated with the pattern called pompadour (sense A. 2a). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > patterned > sprigged or flowered

sprigged1701

pompadour1807

posy1835

1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 167 My aunt..put on her pompadour taffeta gown, and sallied forth to lament the misfortune of her dear friend.

1835 Court Mag. 6 (Fashions section) p. ix/2 Pompadour satins, a white ground embroidered in bouquets of different flowers in colours, are much in request.

1919 ‘L. Malet’ Deadham Hard ii. ii. 72 She sat well back in her chair, and clasped her hands firmly in her flowered Pompadour-muslin lap.

1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream iv. 88 Eventually the name was transferred to all printed cottons with bright patterns, and there were pompadour bedspreads, pompadour chair covers, pompadour frocks and even pompadour aprons.

b. Designating a style of dress, decoration, design, etc., characteristic of, associated with, or inspired by the Marquise de Pompadour or her circle, or articles made in such a style.

ΚΠ

1874 T. Dunlap Wiley's Amer. Iron Trade Man. 266 An oblong black-walnut centre-table with marble top, two easy-chairs of the Pompadour style and two others of a different pattern.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 77 She had a Pompadour stick with a big silver knob on top.

1909 Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 5/3 Charged..with stealing..two silver pompadour boxes.

1971 S. Jepson Let. to Dead Girl xii. 143 She opened the skirt of a pompadour doll on a side table, pulled out a white telephone.

2002 Internat. Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 21 June 7 The selection of French 18th-century..furniture, porcelain, jewelry and tapestries reflect the elegance of what became known as Pompadour style.

C4. General attributive with reference to the women's hairstyle called a pompadour (sense A. 4a).

ΚΠ

1871 Atlanta Constit. 8 Sept. 4/1 Plaited and twisted coronets of hair are to supersede the Pompadour roll.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 4/2 The hairdresser..might..cease to coax us to the conviction that a..pompadour puff of his manufacture were better.

1901 Daily News 23 Mar. 6/6 The hair dressed low in the neck and arranged in a Pompadour roll round the face.

1975 J. Drummond Slowly the Poison i. 97 Her hair..was not worn in the current high pompadour style, but cut short.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pompadour
释义	pompadourn.adj.adv. Brit. /ˈpɒmpədɔː/, /ˌpɒmpəˈdʊə/, U.S. /ˌpɑmpəˈdɔr/, /ˈpɑmpəˌdɔr/, /ˌpɑmpəˈdʊ(ə)r/ Forms: 1700s pompedore, 1700s– pompadore, 1700s– pompadour. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) borrowing from French. Partly (ii) from a proper name. Etymons: French pompadour; proper name Pompadour. Etymology: < French pompadour kind of rich silk patterned with sprigs of coloured flowers, used in dressmaking (18th cent.), style associated with the reign of Louis XV (1847; compare earlier à la Pompadour (1750 with reference to a table)) and its etymon, the name of the Marquise de Pompadour (1721–64), mistress of Louis XV from the mid 1740s and an influential patron of the arts and philosophy.With the sense ‘kind of handbag’ (see A. 1) compare German Pompadour kind of handbag made of soft material (1832 or earlier; now rare). In senses A. 2b and B. (and in Pompadour pink n. and adj. at Compounds 2), apparently after French rose Pompadour (see rose Pompadour n.). A. n. 1. Any of various items of costume (a pelisse, a kind of handbag, etc.; see quots.) characteristic of, associated with, or inspired by the Marquise de Pompadour or her circle. Cf. Compounds 4. Now rare (historical in later use). ΚΠ 1752 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 110 I think there is a time of life..when very gaudy entertainments are as unbecoming, as pink colour and pompadours! 1755 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 321 I don't know what you mean by a pompadour, unless it is what we call in this part of the world a pelisse; which in plain English is a long cloak made of satin or velvet,..lined or trimmed with silk, satin, or fur,..with slits for the arms to come out and a head like a capuchin. 1756 Universal Mag. 19 133/2 No decent coif—but just before Was grandly plac'd a pompedore. 1762 tr. Gresset Green-green i. 9 I've read that a veil'd Face needs as true Glasses, As those adorn'd with Pompadores and Laces. 1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress I. Pref. 9 In her hand she [sc. Sidonia] carries a sort of pompadour of brown leather, of the most elegant form and finish. 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 408/1 Pompadour,..2. Woman's drawstring handbag, usually velvet or lace, of 18th century. 2. a. A pattern consisting of sprigs of flowers scattered on a white or pale ground; a fabric decorated with this or a similar pattern. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific pattern print1679 pompadour1758 zebra1819 pinhead1886 argyll1890 sponge bag trousers1900 tie-dye1926 houndstooth1936 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > other tapeta900 tapisa1513 quilting1616 pompadour1758 crossover1795 diamantine1832 chiné1841 nail head1892 floral1897 Paisley1898 basket weave1925 pareu cloth1972 1758 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 Mar. (advt.) A variety of calicoes, stamp'd cottons and linens, plain and cherry-derry Venetian poplins, yd. wd. silk Hungarians,..pompadours,..&c. 1887 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 22 Apr. 3/6 (advt.) A small line of Chenille Embroidered Pompadours on Satin Marvellieux [sic], shaded toned effects. 1916 Washington Post 22 Jan. 7/4 Mrs. Esteban F. Carbo..wore a becoming gown of pale yellow silk pompadour in wreaths of tiny pink rosebuds. 1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream iv. 88 To the feminine inhabitants of Restharrow, pompadour was the name of the fashionable flowered print which could be bought for sixpence or eightpence a yard. b. A shade of pink; = Pompadour pink n. and adj. (a) at Compounds 2. Also: a fabric of this colour. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > pink or red redc1275 sanguine1319 Brazil1389 crimson1416 murrey1530 carnadine1598 vermiliona1640 pompadour1761 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink incarnationa1475 carnation?1533 peach colour1573 maiden's blush1598 maiden blush1600 flesh-colour1611 gridelinc1640 incarnadine1661 pinka1669 peach bloom1716 pompadour1761 rose pink1772 salmon-colour1813 orange-pink1820 peachiness1820 maiden rose1827 pinkiness1828 peach-blow1829 peach1831 pink madder1835 flesh-tint1839 pinkness1840 rose du Barry1847 flesh1852 almond1872 ash of roses1872 nymph-pink1872 rose Pompadour1872 salmon1873 pinkishness1874 mushroom1884 salmon-pink1884 naturelle1887 shell-pink1887 sunrise1890 sultan pink1899 mushroom colour1900 sunblush1925 flesh tone1931 magnolia1963 1761 T. Smollett Sir Launcelot Greaves in Brit. Mag. Dec. 629/2 Mr. Clarke was dressed in pompadour, with gold buttons. 1764 Public Reg. (Dublin) 24 Mar. 224/1 (advt.) Best Superfine Black, Coffee, Claret and Drab-coloured Cloths... Wool Blues, Greys, Pompadours, &c. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 16 He..ever recommended a coat of pompadour or some conspicuous colour. 1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 169 Many colours were then worn which are now laid aside, such as white, pea green, pompadour, yellow, peach, [etc.]. 1968 N.Y. City (Michelin Tire Corp.) 57 The most precious types of Sèvres porcelain, in the pink known as ‘Pompadour’. †3. = pompadour cotinga n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Cotingidae (cotinga) > other types of pompadour1764 red chatterer1781 short bill1820 fruit-crow1856 rock-bird1890 1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 275 The Pompadour... Birds taken in a French prize... They were said to be for Madam Pompadour. It being a Bird of excessive beauty, I hope that Lady will forgive me for calling it by her name... Mr. Brisson..calls it Cotinga Pourpre. 1871 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 462 The delicate white wings and claret-coloured plumage of a lovely pompadour would glance from the foliage. 4. a. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll, sometimes over a pad; a hairpiece worn to achieve a similar effect. See also Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for women cockernony1701 Madonna1829 Madonna braid1829 pompadour1872 marumage1880 marcel-waving1904 turban swathe1912 up-do1938 earphones1940 pageboy1976 1872 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 May (advt.) We would just mention new arrivals in Real Hair Switches,..Real Hair Curls, French Twists, Pompadours, Linen and Jute Chignons. 1904 Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 8/5 It is absolutely impossible for a woman..to produce the strange erections known to-day as Pompadours, Regency curls, &c., naturally. 1961 D. Rogers Oswego vii. 118 Her pompadour was elaborately undergirded by ‘rats’ constructed of matting. 1996 R. Robinson Amer. Original viii. 97 Her skirts fell to her ankle or below; her pompadour was as high as a mountaintop. b. Originally U.S. A hairstyle worn by men, in which the hair is swept back from the forehead without a parting. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for men French cut1583 pigeon wing1753 pompadour1885 D.A.1951 duck anatomy1951 duck-tail1955 Tony Curtis1956 duck arse1960 duck behind1961 comb-over1980 mullet1994 1885 Atlanta Constit. 14 Apr. 4/4 The pompadour is the most convenient way possible to wear the hair. It is cool, and simply running your fingers through it when you get up dresses it for the day. 1895 Weekly Examiner (San Francisco) 19 Sept. 1/7 Henry Jacob has a pompadour and a profile not unlike Durrant's. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. vi. 76 The meek ambitiousness..clouded like an aura his pale face, flap ears, and sandy pompadour. 1976 New Yorker 24 May 107/1 Reagan looks good at the rostrum: a tall figure with ruddy cheeks, his reddish-brown hair swept back in a slight pompadour. 1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time vi. 80 He wore tight high-water jeans and cultivated a shiny pompadour through which he drew his comb in slow, measured strokes. †B. adj. = Pompadour pink n. and adj. (b) at Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > specific fashions pompadour1756 regency1811 Lavallière1873 greenery-yallery1881 empire1887 Régence1891 sporty1895 Gibson1901 Beatle1963 mod1964 1756 Connoisseur No. 119. 720 His taylor..having dressed him in a snuff-colour'd coat, instead of a pompadour. 1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy I. lxxii. 268 Here they were interrupted by a footman, in a pompadour colour. 1776 London Mag. 45 54/2 A young man..dressed in a pompadour suit of clothes. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 102 His coat was chocolate brown, with a pompadour velvet collar. C. adv. U.S. †In a style reminiscent of clothes worn by or associated with the Marquise de Pompadour (obsolete). Of hair: in a pompadour style (see sense A. 4). Now rare. ΚΠ 1870 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 21 Oct. 1/3 Miss Alice Norton was attired in an elegant green silk, en train, and cut pompadour, trimmed with white satin puffing. 1879 E. Harrigan Mulligan Guard Ball (typescript) i. ii. 12 I don't want to look like a chromo; I'll wear me hair pompadour. 1896 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 19 Jan. 3/4 The corsage was pointed and cut pompadour at the neck. 1908 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 7 Nov. 7/2 If the hair is to be worn pompadour, the front half is divided into three parts. 1951 M. W. Beckwith tr. Kumulipo 81 A class of men who trimmed their hair pompadour and held it up with a comb of shell. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic. pompadour-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1762 Yearly Chron. 116 He wore his usual Pompadour-coloured coat with gilt buttons. 1909 Indianapolis Sunday Star 26 Dec. A pretty little jewel bag..decorated with a spray of pompadour-colored flowers in French embroidery. pompadour-patterned adj. ΚΠ 1902 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 3/2 Wearing a delicately Pompadour-patterned muslin frock. 1915 Manitoba Free Press 13 Apr. 8/4 (advt.) Pompadour patterned or in broad striped patterns. C2. pompadour cotinga n. a cotinga, Xipholena punicea, of tropical South American forests, the male of which has brilliant crimson-purple plumage with mainly whitish wings. ΚΠ 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. 117 The Pompadour Cotinga is entirely purple, except his wings, which are white. 1994 R. S. Ridgely & G. Tudor Birds S. Amer. II. 756 Pompadour Cotingas are mainly silent, but a hollow mechanical rattle is sometimes heard. Pompadour pink n. and adj. (a) n. a shade of pink; = rose Pompadour n.; (b) adj. of this colour. ΚΠ 1866 A. M. H. Brewster St. Martin's Summer 334 The discords that will be made by some horrid chemical-blue gown passing near Venitia's delicate sea-foam, or Pompadour pink clashing against Florence's rose-bud hue. 1902 Mansfield (Ohio) News 20 Aug. ii. 2/5 Of pompadour pink louisine is the charming frock illustrated. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Sept. 26 The so-called Pompadour Pink named by Sevres for Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, was discontinued after her death at 43. C3. a. Designating a fabric, garment, etc., decorated with the pattern called pompadour (sense A. 2a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > patterned > sprigged or flowered sprigged1701 pompadour1807 posy1835 1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 167 My aunt..put on her pompadour taffeta gown, and sallied forth to lament the misfortune of her dear friend. 1835 Court Mag. 6 (Fashions section) p. ix/2 Pompadour satins, a white ground embroidered in bouquets of different flowers in colours, are much in request. 1919 ‘L. Malet’ Deadham Hard ii. ii. 72 She sat well back in her chair, and clasped her hands firmly in her flowered Pompadour-muslin lap. 1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream iv. 88 Eventually the name was transferred to all printed cottons with bright patterns, and there were pompadour bedspreads, pompadour chair covers, pompadour frocks and even pompadour aprons. b. Designating a style of dress, decoration, design, etc., characteristic of, associated with, or inspired by the Marquise de Pompadour or her circle, or articles made in such a style. ΚΠ 1874 T. Dunlap Wiley's Amer. Iron Trade Man. 266 An oblong black-walnut centre-table with marble top, two easy-chairs of the Pompadour style and two others of a different pattern. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 77 She had a Pompadour stick with a big silver knob on top. 1909 Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 5/3 Charged..with stealing..two silver pompadour boxes. 1971 S. Jepson Let. to Dead Girl xii. 143 She opened the skirt of a pompadour doll on a side table, pulled out a white telephone. 2002 Internat. Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 21 June 7 The selection of French 18th-century..furniture, porcelain, jewelry and tapestries reflect the elegance of what became known as Pompadour style. C4. General attributive with reference to the women's hairstyle called a pompadour (sense A. 4a). ΚΠ 1871 Atlanta Constit. 8 Sept. 4/1 Plaited and twisted coronets of hair are to supersede the Pompadour roll. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 4/2 The hairdresser..might..cease to coax us to the conviction that a..pompadour puff of his manufacture were better. 1901 Daily News 23 Mar. 6/6 The hair dressed low in the neck and arranged in a Pompadour roll round the face. 1975 J. Drummond Slowly the Poison i. 97 Her hair..was not worn in the current high pompadour style, but cut short. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pompadourv. Brit. /ˈpɒmpədɔː/, /ˌpɒmpəˈdʊə/, U.S. /ˈpɑmpəˌdɔr/, /ˈpɑmpəˌdʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see pompadour n., adj., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pompadour n. Etymology: < pompadour n. Compare slightly later pompadoured adj. Originally U.S. transitive. To dress (hair) in a pompadour style, arrange in a pompadour; to style the hair of (a person) in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange > in a specific style French1762 Cherokee1765 puff1884 pompadour1887 quiff1940 1887 Atlanta Constit. 12 Apr. 3/3 When a barber begins shaving, shampooing, or pompadoring a Sunday customer he is allowed to complete the job if [etc.]. 1895 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 15 July 2/3 The Frenchwoman is no longer wearing a forehead curl—she is pompadouring her hair. 1957 V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & Television Make-up ix. 111 Other tribes pompadoured the front of the hair and had two side partings. 1997 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 31 Mar. 1 e When they sent him to get his hair pompadoured like Elvis Presley, Ford sauntered away from the movie business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.1752v.1887
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pompadourn.adj.adv.

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