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peruke

Syllables: per·uke/pəˈɹuːk/US/pəˈɹuk/

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

peruke: a wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th...
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Noun

peruke (plural perukes)

  1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
    • To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.1762–1771, Horace Walpole, “Mr. JOHN SMITH”, in A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV, or Engravers), London: […] Thomas...
    • But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CCXIII, page 109

peruke meaning in Tamil

peruke in Tamil

முடிக்கவிகை

Examples of peruke in a sentence

  • Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]1834, Robert Southey, “Ante-preface”, in The Doctor, &c., volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, pages...
  • With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135:

Forms of peruke

pluralperukes
alternative formperruque
alternative formperuque

Origin of peruke

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

Words formed from peruke

Words that rhyme with peruke

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Questions about peruke

What does peruke mean?
Peruke means a wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
What is peruke in Tamil?
Peruke in Tamil is முடிக்கவிகை. See Peruke meaning in Tamil.
How do you use peruke in a sentence?
Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]
What part of speech is peruke?
Peruke is a noun.
How do you pronounce peruke?
Peruke is pronounced /pəˈɹuːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of peruke?
The plural of peruke is perukes.

Words near peruke in the dictionary

  1. Peruginesque
  2. Perugini
  3. Peruginis
  4. Perugu
  5. Perugus
  6. peruke
  7. peruked
  8. peruker
  9. perukers
  10. perukes
  11. perukier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peruke (page history and authors); peruke (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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