tonsorialadj.
/tɒnˈsɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /tɑnˈsɔriəl/ Of or pertaining to a barber or his work; often used humorously, as ‘a tonsorial artist’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [adjective]
barberishc1440
tonsorious1656
tonsorian1705
tonsorial1813
1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. ii. 22 During that awful hour or two Of grave tonsorial preparation.
1851 W. M. Thackeray Contrib. to Punch Nov. in Wks. (1894) XIII. 575 Under the roof of a tonsorial practitioner in the Waterloo Road.
1910 Daily News 15 Dec. 6 American ‘tonsorial artists’ are furious at the popularity of the safety razor.
Derivatives
tonˈsorialist n. humorous a ‘tonsorial artist’, a barber.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [noun]
barberc1330
cutterc1425
clipperc1440
raster cloth1440
poller1578
trimmer1583
dressera1596
shavester1620
razor-chirurgeon1624
suds-monger1638
tonsor1656
hair-man1689
head-dresser1697
friseur1750
hairdresser1771
scraper1791
depilator1836
coiffeur1847
Figaro1864
strap1864
tonsorialist1869
trichotomist1875
nai1883
hair-stylist1935
stylist1937
styler1960
crimper1966
Sweeney1966
scissorsmith2002
1869 New North West (Deer Lodge, Montana) 6 Aug. 3/1 Mr. Plummer, the colored tonsorialist..has the misfortune to be a ‘bloody Hinglishman’.
1898 A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican xi. 253 One of them [sc. constables]..gazed..at the abstracted sign of the tonsorialist.
tonˈsorian adj. = tonsorious adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [adjective]
barberishc1440
tonsorious1656
tonsorian1705
tonsorial1813
1705 W. Elstob in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 107 Worthy a Prince of the Tonsorian Race, The best that er'e with steel mow'd human face.
† †tonˈsorious adj. Obsolete tonsorial.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [adjective]
barberishc1440
tonsorious1656
tonsorian1705
tonsorial1813
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tonsorious.., of or belonging to a barber or tonsor.
1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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