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Costume: Hair | |
| afro fro+ | A hairstyle characterized by thick, bushy curls standing out from the head. Pl. AFROS, FROS. |
| bagwig | a wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag. |
| bandoline | a glutinous POMATUM for the hair; (verb) to apply this to the hair. |
| bang | a fringe, hair cut square across the brow (often in pl); (verb) to cut hair square across. |
| barnet+ | a hair-style. |
| beard | the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man's face; (verb) to oppose resolutely. |
| beardy+ | having a beard: BEARDIER, BEARDIEST. |
| becurl | to curl; to adorn with curls. |
| beehive | a dome-shaped hairstyle. |
| bewhiskered | having whiskers. |
| bewig | to cover or dress in a wig. |
| bilevel+ | a hairstyle with two different levels. |
| bingle | a hairstyle midway between bob and shingle; (verb) to cut the hair in such a style. |
| blondine+ | to dye hair blonde: BLONDINES, BLONDINING, BLONDINED. |
| blonding+ | the act of dyeing hair blond. |
| bobwig | a wig with the ends turned up into short curls. |
| boofy+ | of the hair, voluminous: BOOFIER+, BOOFIEST+. |
| bouffant | a kind of puffed out hairdo. |
| braid | a plait, esp. of hair; (verb) to form into a braid. |
| brilliantine | a perfumed hair oil for making the hair glossy; also a glossy cotton and mohair fabric. |
| bumfluff+ | soft and fluffy growth of hair on the chin of an adolescent. |
| burnsides | full mutton-chop whiskers. BURNSIDE, meaning the side of a burn, is valid but not US. |
| butch | a very short haircut for men or women; (adj.) of a woman, aggressively tough: BUTCHER, BUTCHEST. |
| buzzcut+ | a very short haircut. |
| buzzwig | a large bushy wig. |
| calflick | a cowlick or lock of unruly hair. |
| carrottopped | having red hair. |
| caxon | a kind of wig. |
| chevelure | a head of hair or arrangement of the hair; a periwig; the nebulous part of a comet. |
| chignon | a knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head. |
| chignoned+ | wearing a CHIGNON, a knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head. |
| cockernony | the gathering of hair in a FILLET; a coiffure. |
| coiffure | a style of hairdressing; (verb) to dress the hair. |
| cornbraid+ | to braid hair in cornrows. |
| cornrow | a hair-style in which the hair is arranged in tightly braided flat rows; (verb) to arrange hair in cornrows. |
| cowlick | a tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow. |
| crewcut+ | a very short haircut. |
| curl | a ringlet of hair; (verb) to make curly. |
| curler | something that curls e.g. the hair. |
| curlpaper | a strip of paper round which the hair is twisted to give it a curl. |
| curly | having curls: CURLIER, CURLIEST. |
| cymotrichous | having wavy hair. |
| cymotrichy | the state of having wavy hair. |
| dalmahoy | a bushy BOBWIG worn in the 18th century. |
| depilate | to remove hair from. |
| depilator | an agent for removing hair. |
| dreadlock | a hairstyle favoured by Afro-Americans. |
| ducktail | (US) a style of haircut. |
| dundrearies | long sideburns (N.B. no DUNDREARY*). [From Lord Dundreary, character in the play, Our American Cousin (1858)]. |
| earlock | a lock or curl of hair near the ear; a LOVELOCK. |
| elflock | a lock of tangled hair. |
| embraid | to braid up, as hair. |
| epilate | to remove hair from. |
| epilator | an agent used for EPILATING. |
| fillet | a band for the hair; (verb) to cut into fillets. |
| fixature | a gummy preparation for fixing the hair. |
| flattop | (US) a modified crew cut. Also, an aircraft carrier. |
| forelock | a lock of hair hanging down in front; (verb) to fasten with a forelock or cotter. |
| frisette frizette | a curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out. |
| frisure | the dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. |
| frizzies+ | frizzy hair, as in 'a bad case of the frizzies'. Cf. FRIZZY. |
| frizzily | (Adv.) FRIZZY, tightly curled. |
| frizzy | tightly curled: FRIZZIER, FRIZZIEST. |
| ginge+ | someone with ginger hair. |
| gizz jiz | a wig. Pl. GIZZES, JIZZES. |
| goatee | a short beard, like a goat's. |
| goateed | having a GOATEE beard. |
| graybearded+ greybearded+ | having a grey beard. |
| hairband | a band for the hair. |
| haircut | a cutting of the hair or the style in which this is done. |
| hairdo | a style of hair arrangement. Pl. HAIRDOS. |
| hairgrip | a short, narrow band of metal, bent double, worn in the hair, to keep it in place. |
| hairline | the edge of the hair on the forehead. |
| hairlock | a lock of hair. |
| hairnet | a net for keeping the hair in place. |
| hairpiece | an artificial extension to the hair. |
| hairpin | a U-shaped pin for fastening up the hair. |
| hairspray | lacquer sprayed on the hair to hold it in place. |
| hairstyle | a particular way of cutting and arranging the hair. |
| hairstyling | a styling of the hair. |
| hairweaving | the interweaving of false hair with real on a balding person's head. |
| handlebar | designating a type of moustache. |
| headband | a band (e.g. of ribbon, or elastic or rigid material) for wearing around the head. |
| heare | (Spenser) hair. |
| hearie | (Spenser) hairy. |
| hirsute | roughly hairy. |
| imperial | a small beard or tuft of hair under the lower lip as popularized by Napoleon III. |
| infula | a sort of FILLET worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. Pl. INFULAE. |
| jasey jasy jazy | a wig, orig. of worsted. |
| jiz | see GIZZ. |
| kesh | the uncut hair and beard traditionally worn by Sikhs. |
| kirbigrip | a kind of hairgrip. |
| kirby+ | as in kirby grip, a kind of hair grip. |
| leiotrichous | straight-haired. |
| leiotrichy | the state of being straight-haired. |
| lissotrichous | having straight or smooth hair. Cf. CYMOTRICHOUS. |
| lovelock | a long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself, worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
| lowlight | a portion of hair artificially brightened to enhance the look; (verb) to brighten hair in this way. |
| macassar | a kind of hair-oil. [From Makasar (now Ujung Pandang), a district of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes)]. |
| marcel | an artificial wave in hair; (verb) to style hair in this way. |
| merkin | a hairpiece for the pubic area. |
| mohawk | (US) a Mohican hairstyle. |
| mohican+ | a punk hairstyle. |
| mophead | a person with unkempt hair. |
| moustache mustache | the unshaved hair on a man's upper lip. |
| moustached | having a moustache. |
| moustachio mustachio | a large, elegantly curling moustache. |
| mullet | to quote Chambers, ‘a hairstyle that is short at the front, long at the back, and ridiculous all round’. Also a type of fish and a heraldic ornament. |
| mustache | see MOUSTACHE. |
| mustached | having a MUSTACHE. |
| mustachio | see MOUSTACHIO. |
| muttonchops | (US) side whiskers that are narrow at the temple and broad and round by the lower jaws. N.B. no MUTTONCHOP*, despite the fact that MW10 says MUTTONCHOPS are also known as ‘muttonchop whiskers’. |
| nott | with close-cropped hair. |
| pageboy | a hairstyle in which the hair hangs smoothly to about jaw level and is curled under at the ends. |
| periwig | a wig or PERUKE; (verb) to put on a periwig. |
| perruque peruke | a kind of wig. |
| peruke | see PERRUQUE. |
| peruked | wearing a PERUKE. |
| pigtail | a single plait hanging down at the back of the head. |
| pigtailed | having a PIGTAIL. |
| plait | a BRAID in which strands are passed over one another in turn; (verb) to form a braid in this fashion. |
| pomade | ointment for the hair; (verb) to apply POMADE to. |
| pomatum | a pomade, a perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair. Pl. POMATUMS. |
| pompadour | a hairstyle where the hair at the front is brushed up into a mound or a roll, above the forehead. [From the Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), mistress of Louis XV of France]. |
| pompadoured | in the POMPADOUR style. |
| ponytail | a hairstyle (esp. of girls or women) in which the hair is drawn back, tied, and made to hang down like a pony's tail. |
| postiche | a wig, a TOUPEE. |
| pouf | a loose roll of hair. |
| pouffy+ | of hair, in a POUF or loose roll. |
| pube+ | pubic hair. |
| quiff | a tuft of hair brushed away from the forehead; an oiled lock of hair. |
| ramilie ramillie | a type of wig. |
| ringlet | a curl of hair. |
| ringleted | of hair, styled in ringlets. |
| ronnie+ | a moustache. |
| scrunchy scrunchie+ | a piece of elastic, loosely covered with fabric, for tying back the hair; (adj.) crunchy: SCRUNCHIER, SCRUNCHIEST. |
| shingle | a style of haircut in which the hair is cut short in overlapping layers, emphasizing the shape of the head at the back; (verb) to cover with shingles; to cut in the manner of a shingle. |
| shockheaded+ | having a head of bushy or tousled hair. |
| sideboards | side whiskers. SIDEBOARD is valid, as an article of furniture. |
| sideburns | two strips of hair grown along the side of the face. N.B. no SIDEBURN*. |
| sidelock | a lock of hair at the side of the head. |
| skinhead | one favouring a minimalist style of tonsure. |
| snood | a band for the hair, once worn by unmarried women in Scotland as the badge of virginity; (verb) to fasten with a snood. |
| tete | an elaborately dressed head of hair; a headdress. |
| toilette | the action or process of washing, dressing, arranging the hair, etc. |
| tonsure | the shaven crown worn by monks; a bald spot resembling same; (verb) to cut the hair in tonsure form. |
| toorie tourie | a small heap, a knob of hair. |
| toothcomb | a fine-toothed comb. |
| topknot | a tuft or crest of hair growing on the top of the head. |
| toupee toupet | a little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. |
| tourie | see TOORIE. |
| towheaded | with light-coloured hair. |
| tress | a plait or braid of the hair of the head; a long lock, braided or not; to form into tresses. |
| tressy | abounding in tresses: TRESSIER, TRESSIEST. |
| ulotrichous | having woolly or crisply curling hair. |
| ulotrichy | woolly-hairedness. |
| unbearded | not having a beard. |
| unbobbed+ | not bobbed. |
| unibrow+ | an informal word for eyebrows that meet above the nose. |
| unplait | to release (hair) from a plait. |
| untressed | not tied up in TRESSES. |
| unwigged | not having a wig. |
| updo | an upswept hairdo. Pl. UPDOS. |
| vandyke | a short pointed beard; also a type of collar; (verb) to notch or zigzag. |
| volumise volumize | to give extra body to hair. |
| walrus | a type of moustache. |
| weepers | long and flowing side-shiwskers. WEEPER is valid, as e.g. someone who weeps. |
| whisker | a coarse hair growing on a human face, usu. a man's. |
| whiskerando | A whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic. Pl. WHISKERANDOS. |
| whiskerandoed | having whiskers. |
| whiskered | having whiskers. |
| whiskery | having whiskers. |
| wig | an artificial covering of hair for the head worn esp. to conceal baldness; (verb) to scold. |
| wiggery | a wig or wigs; false hair. |
| wigless | having or wearing no wig. |
| wiglet | a small wig. |
| wiglike | like a wig. |
| zapata | denoting a kind of flowing, drooping moustache. [From Emilio Zapata (1879-1919), Mexican revolutionary]. N.B. this is an adjective: no -S! |
| ziff | a beard, a goatee. |