different between periwig vs peruke

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle French perruque. Compare peruke, wig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???w??/

Noun

periwig (plural periwigs)

1. (now historical) A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women. [from 16th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. I. ch. 27:

     [O]ur impetuous youth hearing himself reviled with the appellation of scoundrel, pulled off his antagonist's periwig, and flung it in his face.

Translations

Verb

periwig (third-person singular simple present periwigs, present participle periwigging, simple past and past participle periwigged)

1. (transitive) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig.
   • 1736, Jonathan Swift, The Legion Club

     Discord periwigg'd with snakes

English

Alternative forms

• perruque
• peruque

Etymology

From French perruque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???u?k/

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.
   • 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135:

     With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

peru +? -ke

Noun

peruke

1. (fishing) wire trace, snood

Declension

Synonyms

• tapsi