From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcoiffurecoif‧fure /kwɑːˈfjʊə $ -ˈfjʊr/ noun [countable] formalDCB the way someone’s hair is arranged SYN hairstyle —coiffured, coiffed /kwɑːft/ adjective
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coiffure• Passing by pedestrians in their Sunday best, I caught wafts of perfume and coiffure.• She'd arrived in the sidecar of Miss Brahms's current beau and her coiffure had suffered terrible punishment as a result.• Jasper had not called his hair his coiffure.• Now Jezrael saw that Zulei had taken a short blade from the coiffure.• Spectacular real furs and overworked multi-tone coiffures survive in profusion.• This masculinity was emphasised by her uncompromising coiffure, her grey hair drawn tightly back and screwed into a straggling bun.Origin coiffure (1600-1700) French coiffer “to arrange hair”, from coife type of hat, from Late Latin cofea 