manicure

¹man·i·cure

noun \ˈma-nə-ˌkyu̇r\

Definition of MANICURE

1

: manicurist

2

: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails

Examples of MANICURE

1. She gets a manicure every week or so.

Origin of MANICURE

French, from Latin manus hand + French -icure (as in pédicure pedicure) — more at manual

First Known Use: 1880

Other Fashion Terms

bodkin, chignon, cowlick, eau de toilette, imperial, pocket, pomander, tonsorial

Rhymes with MANICURE

amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur

²manicure

transitive verb

manicuredmanicur·ing

Definition of MANICURE

1

: to do manicure work on; especially : to trim and polish the fingernails of

2

a : to trim closely and evenly <manicured lawns>

b : groom 2 <manicured flower beds>

Examples of MANICURE

1. She spends her weekends working in her garden and manicuring her lawn.

First Known Use of MANICURE

circa 1890

Other Fashion Terms

bodkin, chignon, cowlick, eau de toilette, imperial, pocket, pomander, tonsorial