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cosmetic

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Word definitions for cosmetic in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from French cosmétique (16c.), from Greek kosmetikos "skilled in adornment or arrangement," from kosmein "to arrange, adorn," from kosmos "order" (see cosmos ). Figurative sense of "superficial" is from 1955. Related: Cosmetically .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cosmetic \Cos*met"ic\ (k?z-m?t"?k), Cosmetical \Cos*met"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosm['e]tique. See Cosmos .] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a toiletry designed to beautify the body [syn: cosmetics ]

Usage examples of cosmetic.

Meg smelled of shampoo and cheap cosmetics and childhood, and Addle was overwhelmed by the shape and feel of a girl roughly the same age asChloe.

Seregil announced in their little cabin that evening, applying fresh cosmetics while Alec held the lantern and a small mirror.

So inventing by the light of inner consciousness alone, he worked up tiny doses of the grey ambergris into mutton fat, coloured it faintly pink with cochineal insects he caught on the prickly pear hedges, added a little crude borax as a preservative, and so produced a cosmetic that was no better and little worse than the thousand other nostrums of its kind in daily use elsewhere.

Uses of, and Ingredients used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Preparation of Perfumes by Pressure, Distillation, Maceration, Absorption or Enfleurage, and Extraction Methods -- Chemical and Animal Products used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Oils and Fats used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- General Cosmetic Preparations -- Mouth Washes and Tooth Pastes -- Hair Dyes, Hair Restorers and Depilatories -- Cosmetic Adjuncts and Specialities -- Colouring Cosmetic Preparations -- Antiseptic Washes and Soaps -- Toilet and Hygienic Soaps -- Secret Preparations for Skin, Complexion, Teeth, Mouth, etc.

While some transsexuals are born with feminine features, most need some cosmetic surgery to feminize the appearance.

Due to this fetishistic emphasis, the drag queen is markedly different from the cosmetic CD, who generally opts for a more realistic interpretation of feminine dress.

Our Hermy attended as Psyche -- She siked and she got it across And Fothergil Finch, rather gaumy With Cosmic cosmetics, was there, But the Swami went just as the Swami, After oiling the kinks in his hair.

Most seemed to be generalists, judging from their full-page ads, which trumpeted crowns, dentures, fillings, periodontal work, bridges, root canals, cosmetic dentistry, and oral surgery.

Those were the result of cosmetic surgery and melanin chemoadjustment.

Sunshine had placed a small cosmetics bag, a pink hairbrush, and a small bottle that probably contained her patchouli oil.

Girt piqued himself far less upon such sentimental qualifications, than upon his skill in cosmetics, and had less respect for unadulterated morals, than unadulterated powder.

Lance Sheath and MuMu deCharraiveuneuirauville were quite obviously courting no, probably stalking was the better word cosmetics heiress Martha Whoopley, a stocky stodgy fortyish styleless frump with the face of a TV dinner and the personality of a humidifier and the ownership of eleven million dollars in her own right.

One burst open, spewing cosmetics, shoes, clothes and assorted unmentionables across the floor.

She was not a serving girl, that much was obvious from the richness of her barracan and the cosmetics that highlighted her face, bringing the eyes and rich red mouth into prominence.

He was an artist, who first softened your face with hot cloths, then covered it with emollient creams, smoothed it, freed it of every impurity, and finally covered the wrinkles with cosmetics, lightly treating the eyes with bistre, making the lips delicately rosy, depilating the ears, to say nothing of what he did to the chin and the head.