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