brilliantine
noun /ˈbrɪliəntiːn/
/ˈbrɪliəntiːn/
[uncountable]- oil used in the past to make men’s hair shinyTopics Appearancec2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French brillantine, from brillant ‘shining’, present participle of briller, from Italian brillare, probably from Latin beryllus from Greek bērullos.