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postiche

/pɒsˈtiːʃ/US/pɑˈstiʃ/

postiche noun: any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.

Noun

postiche (plural postiches or postiche)

  1. Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
    • This type of postiche is called a 'combination wig' because it mixes hand-made work with machine-made work.1993, Patsy Baker, Wigs & Makeup for Theatre, Television, and Film, page 150
    • […]both kings and queens enjoyed wearing lavish fake beards made of gold and silver called postiches, which were strapped behind the ears like a Halloween mask.2001, Allan Peterkin, One Thousand Beards: A cultural history of facial hair, page 17

Adjective

postiche (not comparable)

  1. Added after the work is finished.

postiche meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Persian

postiche in Tamil

பொய் முடி

postiche in Urdu

جعلی, نقلی

postiche in Persian

any item of false hair worn on the head or face
پوستیژ postiž

Forms of postiche

pluralpostiches
pluralpostiche

Origin of postiche

From French postiche.

Questions about postiche

What does postiche mean?
Postiche means any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
What is postiche in Tamil?
Postiche in Tamil is பொய் முடி. See Postiche meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postiche?
Postiche can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce postiche?
Postiche is pronounced /pɒsˈtiːʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of postiche?
The plural of postiche is postiches.

Words near postiche in the dictionary

  1. posthysteroscopic
  2. posthysteroscopy
  3. postic
  4. postical
  5. postically
  6. postiche
  7. postiches
  8. posticipate
  9. posticous
  10. posticously
  11. postictal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postiche (page history and authors); postiche (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); postiche (Urdu 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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