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Definition of pompadour

pompadour

/ˈpɑːm.pə.dɔːr/
pom · pa · dour
Plural:pompadours
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Adjective:pompadoured
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Past Simple:pompadoured
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Past Participle:pompadoured
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Present Participle:pompadouring
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pompadour Lexical Profile

pompadour Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

A hairstyle in which the hair is swept up high from the forehead and sometimes around the sides and back as well, often worn over a pad or styled with pomade.

Example

"The rockabilly musician spent twenty minutes in front of the mirror styling his hair into a towering pompadour."

2

A crimson-plumaged South American bird of the cotinga family (Xipholena punicea), native to the canopy of the Amazon rainforest.

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• verb

1

To arrange or style the hair into a high roll swept upward from the forehead.

Example

"The barber carefully pompadoured the actor's hair for the 1950s period drama."

• Nearby Words

pommel
pommerac
pomp
pompadour
pompano
pompey
pompom

Word Origin & Etymology

Named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), the influential official mistress of King Louis XV of France, who popularized the elevated hairstyle in the 18th-century French court.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Pompadour. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/pompadour
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