coiffed
(of the hair) arranged or combed in a coiffure; styled: An elderly lady with perfectly coiffed hair had just stepped out of the elevator.
Origin of coiffed
1- Also coifed [kwahft] /kwɑft/ .
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How to use coiffed in a sentence
She held it out at arm's length, her tightly-coifed, gargoyle-head on one side.
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy CanfieldMargot Poins knelt at her side, her face hidden in the Queen's lap, her two arms stretched out beyond her grey coifed head.
The Fifth Queen Crowned | Ford Madox FordBut the women, not so handsome nor so elegantly coifed as the men, were excluded from a share in the toast.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieMiss Sally directed a critical glance at her handmaiden's red-coifed head.
Sally Dows and Other Stories | Bret HarteVelvet-eyed girls coifed with bands, wonderfully handsome and peculiarly dressed, assemble there on certain religious feast-days.
Nooks and Corners of Old Paris | Georges Cain
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