Mousse Definition
mo͝os
moussed, mousses, moussing
noun
mousses
Any of various light chilled or frozen foods made with egg white, gelatin, whipped cream, etc., combined with fruit or flavoring for desserts, or with fish, meat, etc.
Webster's New World
A molded dish containing meat, fish, or shellfish combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
American Heritage
An aerosol foam used to help hair stay in place and, sometimes, to add color.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- hair-gel
- hair mousse
Origin of Mousse
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French foam, mousse from Old French moss, foam partly of Germanic origin and partly from Latin mulsa hydromel from feminine of mulsus honey-sweet melit- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French mousse (“foam, froth"), from Old French mosse (“moss"), from Frankish or Old Dutch mosa (“moss"), from Proto-Germanic *musÄ… (“moss, bog, marsh"). More at moss.
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