Coiffure

/kwɑˈfjʊɚ/ · noun

Meaning

Hairstyle..

Definitions by Sense

1. Hairstyle.
2. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.

Example Sentences

Perfectly coiffured and seemingly imperturbable, Setsuko approaches madness as her psychological and sexual insecurities are dredged up by confrontations with her past and mind games with the suspected murderer.

Her eyes seldom left for long the other end of the table, where Stephanie, at Dominey's left hand, with her crown of exquisitely coiffured red-gold hair, her marvellous jewellery, her languorous grace of manner, seemed more like one of the beauties of an ancient Venetian Court than a modern Hungarian Princess gowned in the Rue de la Paix.

Her hair was far less elaborately coiffured and her toilette less magnificent than the toilettes of the women by whom she was surrounded.

Her attire is rich, she wears costly jewels, and her hair is tastefully coiffured.

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• coiffures
• coiffuring
• coiffured

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