"brilliantine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brilliantines [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French brillantine. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|brillantine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French brillantine, {{bor+|en|fr|brillantine}} Borrowed from French brillantine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brilliantine (countable and uncountable, plural brilliantines)
  1. A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brilliantine-en-noun-3dIPniFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 23 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 24 11
  2. A smooth shiny, luxurious fabric, often of alpaca or vicuña. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-brilliantine-en-noun-w~0P6jmV Disambiguation of Fabrics: 32 63 5

Verb

Forms: brilliantines [present, singular, third-person], brilliantining [participle, present], brilliantined [participle, past], brilliantined [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French brillantine. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|brillantine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French brillantine, {{bor+|en|fr|brillantine}} Borrowed from French brillantine Head templates: {{en-verb}} brilliantine (third-person singular simple present brilliantines, present participle brilliantining, simple past and past participle brilliantined)
  1. To apply brilliantine to the hair.
    Sense id: en-brilliantine-en-verb-ftcbWsom

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