pomade

Meanings

Noun

• A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
• Any medicinal ointment.

Verb

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

Origin

• From French pommade ("ointment"), from Italian pomata, from pomo, as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata (English -ade). Pomo is in turn from Latin pomum.