pomate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pomatum (“cider, ointment”) either directly or via slightly earlier English pomatum, from Latin pōmum (“fruit, apple”) + -ātum (“-ate: forming nouns”). Doublet of pomatum, pomade, and pomace.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊmət/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊmət/

Noun

pomate (plural pomates)

1. (uncommon, historical) Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
   • 1625, Alexander Garden, Characters and Essays, page 47:

     Shee with no Pomate paints her Face...

2. (now chiefly Scotland) Synonym of pomade, a kind of thick waxy hair product used as a styling gel.
   • 1774, Archibald Bruce, The Kirkiad..., Canto I, 18:

     Patient he sits, while Master Puff, with pomate, tongs, and powder-pluff... gives each hair its proper station...

Verb

pomate (third-person singular simple present pomates, present participle pomating, simple past and past participle pomated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of anoint: to apply ointment.
2. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of pomade: to apply pomade.
3. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of mash: to crush into a paste.

References

• “pomate, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “† pomate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Italian

Noun

pomate f pl

1. plural of pomata

Adjective

pomate f pl

1. feminine plural of pomato

Anagrams

• a tempo, metopa