pompadour
nounA woman's hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll.
A man's hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead.
A head-dress worn by women about the middle of the eighteenth century; also, a mode of dressing the hair by rolling it off the forehead over a cushion, later in use.
A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
A woman's hairstyle.
