Psyche knot

American  

noun

1. a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.

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Etymology

Origin of Psyche knot

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Psyche knot

Just six months since, Nancy had tucked up the bunch of curls into a Psyche knot and transformed the ribbon bow into a velvet bandeau.

From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Stokes, Katherine

He tried to imagine her daintily slippered, clad in white, with her loose hair gathered in a Psyche knot; or in evening dress, with arms and throat bare; but the pictures were difficult to make.

From A Mountain Europa by Fox, John

She was very fair, very pink and white, with a Psyche knot of shimmering hair; a tall, slender girl, clad in clinging, gauzy blue.

From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson

Around her slender throat was a string of priceless pearls, a gift from her father, and her hair, dark and lustrous, was arranged in a Grecian Psyche knot with gold bands.

From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur

The fair hair was brought smoothly up over the well-shaped head, and wound in a pretty, fluffy Psyche knot.

From Three Margarets by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)