fixature

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noun

A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounfixature (plural fixatures)

plural fixatures

  1. historicalA gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.

    The women tie theirs [i.e. the hair] in a knot behind, brushing it smooth in front, and keeping it in place by a species of fixature.

    1862, Edward Balfour, The second supplement, with index, to the Cyclopaedia of India and of eastern and southern Asia
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APA

fixature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixature

MLA

“fixature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixature. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fixature,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fixature.

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