perukes

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plural of peruke
peruke
or Periwig Menage ingeniously derives these words from the Latin pilus (“hair”) Thus, pilus, pelus, pelutus, peluticus, pelutica, peru'a, perruque The wigs are first mentioned in the 16th century; in the next century they became very large The fashion began to wane in the reign of George III Periwig is a corrupt form of the French word perruque
peruke
{i} wig, hairpiece, cap of hair worn on the head
peruke
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries
peruke
wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries
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To dress with a peruke
peruke
A wig; a periwig
peruke
wig, specifically one of a type popular from the 17th to the early 19th century
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periwig