pomade
noun/pəˈmeɪd/, /pəˈmɑːd/
/pəˈmeɪd/, /pəˈmɑːd/
(old-fashioned) [uncountable, countable]- a liquid that is put on the hair to make it look shiny and smell niceTopics Appearancec2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French pommade, based on Latin pomum ‘apple’ (from which it was originally made).
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