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chignon

[sheen-yon, sheen-yuhn; Fr. shee-nyawn] Origin

chi·gnon

[sheen-yon, sheen-yuhn; Fr. shee-nyawn]
noun, plural chi·gnons [sheen-yonz, sheen-yuhnz; Fr. shee-nyawn] .
a large, smooth twist, roll, or knot of hair, worn by women at the nape of the neck or the back of the head.

Origin:
1775–85; < French: nape, roll of hair at nape, blend of Middle French chaignon (variant of chainon link, equivalent to chaine chain + -on noun suffix) and tignon twist of hair (tigne (< Latin tinea worm) + -on noun suffix)

chi·gnoned, adjective
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chignon (ˈʃiːnjɒn, French ʃiɲɔ̃)
 
n
an arrangement of long hair in a roll or knot at the back of the head
 
[C18: from French, from Old French chaignon link, from chainechain; influenced also by Old French tignon coil of hair, from tigne, moth, from Latin tinea moth]
 
'chignoned
 
adj

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chignon
"knot or coil of hair worn at the back of the neck," from Fr. chignon "nape of the neck," from O.Fr. chaaignon (12c.), from V.L. *catenione, dim. of L. catena "chain, fetter, restraint" (see chain). Popular 1780s, 1870s, 1940s.
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