pomade

From French pommade (“ointment”), from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple”), as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata (“(collective)”) (English -ade).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.[1]

• Rhymes: -eɪd

pomade (countable and uncountable, plural pomades)

1. A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
2. (obsolete) Any medicinal ointment.

pomade (third-person singular simple present pomades, present participle pomading, simple past and past participle pomaded)

1. (transitive) To anoint with pomade; to use pomade to style (hair).

   He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.

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