coifとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French coiffer, from Late Latin cofia, of West Germanic origin. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), Polish cipa (“vulva”), Tocharian kŭpŭ (vulva)^[1], Proto-Indo-European *gwheibh

発音

• IPA^(key): /kwɑf/, /kɔɪf/
• 韻: -ɒf, -ɔɪf

• Homophone: quaff

名詞

coif (複数形 coifs)

1. A hairdo.
2. (historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
3. (historical) An item of chain mail headgear.
4. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
   • H. Brocke

     From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown.

   • Francis Bacon

     The judges, […] althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.

動詞

coif (三人称単数 現在形 coifs, 現在分詞 coiffing または coifing, 過去形および過去分詞形 coiffed または coifed)

1. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
   • 1925, Ezra Pound, Canto I:

     Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess.

アナグラム

• FICO, fico, foci