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Peruke Moderate

Peruke has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wig

Origin

The word comes from the French perruque, which originally referred to a wig. It is a doublet of the English word "periwig."

Rhyming Words
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