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Coif vs Coiffure - What's the difference?

coif | coiffure |

In transitive terms the difference between coif and coiffure

is that coif is to style or arrange hair while coiffure is to style or arrange hair.

coif

English

(wikipedia coif)

Alternative forms

* coiffe

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hairdo
  • A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn only by small children and countrywomen
  • An item of chain mail headgear
  • An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
  • * H. Brocke
    • From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The judges, althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif , yet are they considerable.

    Verb

  • To style or arrange hair.

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    coiffure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • hairstyle

    • Verb

    (coiffur)
  • to style or arrange hair
  • * {{quote-news, year=1996, date=August 23, author=Ted Shen, title=Angel Dust, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Perfectly coiffured and seemingly imperturbable, Setsuko approaches madness as her psychological and sexual insecurities are dredged up by confrontations with her past and mind games with the suspected murderer. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1920, author=E. Phillips Oppenheim, title=The Great Impersonation, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Her eyes seldom left for long the other end of the table, where Stephanie, at Dominey's left hand, with her crown of exquisitely coiffured red-gold hair, her marvellous jewellery, her languorous grace of manner, seemed more like one of the beauties of an ancient Venetian Court than a modern Hungarian Princess gowned in the Rue de la Paix. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1915, author=E. Phillips Oppenheim, title=Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Her hair was far less elaborately coiffured and her toilette less magnificent than the toilettes of the women by whom she was surrounded. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1842, author=Edgcumbe Staley, title=The Tragedies of the Medici, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Her attire is rich, she wears costly jewels, and her hair is tastefully coiffured . }}

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