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Coif
Definitions
- 1 A hairdo.
"He decides to muscle in on the act, styling his hair after Kirk’s signature coif (“the stupidest haircut I’ve ever seen,” says one character), trolling college girls on social media and proclaiming himself a “master-debater”."
- 2 a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law wordnet
- 3 A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. historical
- 4 the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) wordnet
- 5 A similar item of mail armour covering the head. historical
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- 6 An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
"From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown."
- 1 To style or arrange hair. transitive
"Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess."
- 2 arrange attractively wordnet
- 3 cover with a coif wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).
From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above).
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