coiffure
noun/kwɑːˈfjʊə(r)/
/kwɑːˈfjʊr/
(from French, formal or humorous)- the way in which a person’s hair is arranged synonym hairstyleTopics Appearancec2Word Originmid 17th cent.: French, from coiffer ‘arrange the hair’, in Old French ‘cover with a coif’, coife ‘headdress’, from late Latin cofia ‘helmet’.
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