Pomade Definition

pō-mād, -mäd, pŏ-
pomaded, pomades, pomading
noun
pomades
A perfumed ointment, esp. for grooming the hair.
Webster's New World
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verb
pomaded, pomades, pomading
To apply pomade to.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pomade

Noun

Singular:
pomade
Plural:
pomades

Origin of Pomade

  • French pommade (“ointment"), from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple"), as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata (“(collective)") (English -ade). Pomo is in turn from Latin pomum.

    From Wiktionary

  • French pommade from Italian pomata from pomo apple from Late Latin pōmum pome

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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