Other forms: lipsticks
Lipstick is a stick of colour for the lips. Wear lipstick, red lipstick, put on lipstick.
Economists watch it: the lipstick index is the observation that small luxuries sell well in a downturn when big ones do not, though the evidence for it is mixed. Matte holds longer and dries more. Note the compound of lip and stick.
1nounlipstickA stick of colour for the lips.
“She put on some bright red lipstick before going out.”
lipstick is a cosmetic.
From lip + stick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA