pompadour

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmpədɔː, -dʊə/

noun

  • a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll: she combed her hair into a high, curly pompadour
  • North American a man’s hairstyle in which the hair is combed back from the forehead without a parting: the matching pompadours of father and son

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective pompadoured) North American
  • arrange (hair) in a pompadour: his powder-blue drape and pompadoured hair

Origin:

late 19th century: named after Madame de Pompadour (see Pompadour, Marquise de)