coiffing

noun

a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

verb

arrange attractively

cover with a coif

Roots

cofiacoiff- · Late Latin · cap, to arrange the hair ing-ing · English · present participle

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The word coiffing breaks down into 2 roots of Late Latin and English origin: coiff, from Late Latin cofia (“cap, to arrange the hair”); and -ing, from English ing (“present participle”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.