noun
peruke
Peruke (noun) means a wig with long hair at the sides and back, worn chiefly by men in the 1600s and 1700s.
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A wig with long hair at the sides and back, worn chiefly by men in the 1600s and 1700s.
"Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like the plumage of an aviary."
— J.G. Ballard (1979)
"With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull."
— Kim Newman, Anno Dracula (1992)
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Etymology
Taken from French perruque. It is a doublet of periwig.
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What is the meaning of peruke?
"peruke" (noun) means a wig with long hair at the sides and back, worn chiefly by men in the 1600s and 1700s.
What is another word for peruke?
Other words for "peruke" include periwig.
