pomade

as inoil

Synonyms for pomade

verb lubricate

Antonyms for pomade

oiled

verb. lubricate

Word Origin & History

1560s, from Middle French pommade "an ointment" (16c.), from Italian pomata, from pomo "apple," from Latin pomum "fruit; apple" (see Pomona). So called because the original ointment recipe contained mashed apples.

Example Sentences for pomade

There was an odour of pomade and vanilla that made me feel sick.

The pomade was a present from Esther, and it was the first time I had used it.

He beheld them rub their eyes and bodies with a sort of pomade, when, lo!

As you please; but since you refuse to do it, we will say no more about the jar of pomade.

But this old hag who makes the pomade—do you know her address?

Emollient and stimulant; chiefly used as a pomade for the hair.

In itch and some other cutaneous eruptions; but chiefly as a pomade for the hair.

This process is repeated with fresh oil or pomade until the spirit is rendered sufficiently fragrant.

Taking some of the pomade on his forefinger, he smeared it around his left eye.

Twas the dressing, and the pomade, and the powder discovered in the meeting.

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Synonyms for pomade

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