manicure
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noun \ˈma-nə-ˌkyu̇r\Definition of MANICURE
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: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
Examples of MANICURE
- 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
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 verbmanicuredmanicur·ing
Definition of MANICURE
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: to do manicure work on; especially : to trim and polish the fingernails of
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a : to trim closely and evenly <manicured lawns> b : groom 2 <manicured flower beds>
Examples of MANICURE
- She spends her weekends working in her garden and manicuring her lawn.
First Known Use of MANICURE
circa 1890
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