pomatum

English

Etymology

Latinization of pomade (circa 1560) to agree with Latin pōmum (“fruit”).

Noun

pomatum (plural pomatums)

  1. Pomade.
    • 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, →OCLC:
      [W]hen we were to assemble in the morning at breakfast, down came my wife and daughters, drest out in all their former splendour: their hair plaistered up with pomatum, their faces patched to taste, their trains bundled up into an heap behind, and rustling at every motion.
    • 1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter V, in Devereux. A Tale. […] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
      On a huge tomb-like table in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding […] ; to these were added a cracked pomatum-pot containing ink, and a scrap of paper, […]

Verb

pomatum (third-person singular simple present pomatums, present participle pomatuming, simple past and past participle pomatumed)

  1. (transitive) To dress with pomatum.

References
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