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pəˈrukpe·ruke

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. periwig, perukenoun

    a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

Wiktionary

  1. perukenoun

    A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

  2. Etymology: From perruque.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Perukenoun

    A cap of false hair; a periwig

    Etymology: peruque, Fr.

    I put him on a linen cap, and his peruke over that. Richard Wiseman.

  2. To Perukeverb

    To dress in adscititious hair.

    Etymology: from the noun.

Wikipedia

  1. peruke

    A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness; a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair or for a religious reason.

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  1. peruke

    A peruke is a type of wig, usually styled high with corkscrew curls, popularly worn by both men and women in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is also known as a periwig.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Perukenoun

    a wig; a periwig

  2. Perukeverb

    to dress with a peruke

  3. Etymology: [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr. L. pilus hair. Cf. Periwig, Wig, Peel to strip off, Plush, Pile a hair.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Peruke

    per-ūk′, or per′ūk, n. an artificial cap of hair: a periwig—also Perruque.—adj. Peruquēr′ian, of or pertaining to the making of wigs.—n. Perru′quier, a wigmaker. [Fr. perruque—It. parrucca (Sp. peluca)—L. pilus, hair.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of peruke in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of peruke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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