mousse

(mo̵̅o̅s)

noun

any of various light chilled or frozen foods made with egg white, gelatin, whipped cream, etc., combined with fruit or flavoring for desserts, or with fish, meat, etc.
an aerosol foam used to help hair stay in place and, sometimes, to add color

Origin: Fr, foam, prob. < L mulsa, kind of mead < mulsus, mixed with honey < mel, honey: see mildew

transitive verb moussed, moussing

to shape or style (hair) with mousse

See mousse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various chilled desserts made with flavored whipped cream, gelatin, and eggs: chocolate mousse.
A molded dish containing meat, fish, or shellfish combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
An aerosol foam used to control and style the hair.

transitive verb moussed moussed, mouss·ing, mouss·es

To apply a styling foam to (the hair).

Origin:

Origin: French, foam, mousse

Origin: , from Old French, moss, foam

Origin: , partly of Germanic origin

Origin: and partly from Latin mulsa, hydromel

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine of mulsus, honey-sweet; see melit- in Indo-European roots

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