Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oily, perfumed hairdressing.
- noun A glossy fabric made from cotton and worsted or cotton and mohair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dress-goods for women's wear, similar to alpaca, but superior to it in richness of material and finish.
- noun A name freely and generally employed to designate toilet preparations of variable composition for the face or bair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An oily composition used to make the hair manageable and glossy.
- noun A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hair
pomade , making the hair shine brilliantly. - noun A smooth shiny, luxurious fabric, often of
alpaca orvicuña . - verb To apply brilliantine to the hair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After shampooing, brilliantine, which was a rich glossy product, was applied, to give hair a nice sheen.
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Activating the brilliantine salacioubrooch given to him by the Waarghbeings of the Outer Dark, he quickly teleported to the Egypto-Ugaritic Life-torque meters.
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Their hair was now loose and tousled, no longer trapped by the macassar oil and brilliantine pomade of former years.
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His thick black hair shone with brilliantine, his dark face was shiny with sweat, his eyes were wide with fear.
Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010
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She thought about the first night Nick had showed up, with the stocky, well-dressed man with hair layered in brilliantine.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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This fellow had gotten on the train at a stop outside Los Angeles; with his "snappy" checked suit and well-oiled hair, pomaded with brilliantine, he evidently thought he cut quite a fine figure and that she should be well aware of the fact.
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She thought about the first night Nick had showed up, with the stocky, well-dressed man with hair layered in brilliantine.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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After her testimony, lobbyists of every persuasion surrounded Gertrudis, vying for her attention in competing clouds of brilliantine.
The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010
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She thought about the first night Nick had showed up, with the stocky, well-dressed man with hair layered in brilliantine.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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I borrow Nikki's Veniss - girly girl curl, brilliantine aqua, and soft - and attempt to cut through the growth.
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mollusque commented on the word brilliantine
I approached them just as the brilliantine was losing its glutinous power and my hair was again assuming, in slow motion, its vertical position.
--Umberto Eco, 1988, Foucault's Pendulum, p. 114
September 29, 2008