peruke

Pronunciation: /pəˈɹuːk/

The English word “peruke” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “peruke” there

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.