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‖ postiche, a. and n.|pɔstiʃ|
[F., adj., ad. It. posticcio counterfeit, feigned:—L. type *pos(i)tīcius, f. pos(i)tus placed, put.]
A. adj.
a. Counterfeit, artificial.
b. Applied to an ornament superadded to a finished work of sculpture or architecture, esp. when inappropriate.
1854Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxi. 306 Sometimes the Duchess appeared with these postiches roses, sometimes of a mortal paleness.
B. n.
a. An imitation substituted for the real thing.
b. Counterfeiting, feigning, pretence.
1876‘Ouida’ Winter City ii, Fastidiousness at any rate, is very good postiche for modesty. 1885Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in Life xviii. (1901) 251, [I] despised with loathing the..humbug and postiche of the whole matter.
c. A piece of false hair worn as an adornment. Also attrib.
1886C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 345 False tresses have been imported by cart-loads..and postiches and other mysteries of the toilette have been brought to that perfection to which competition so greatly conduces. 1908Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 15/2 The postiches in use must be carefully manipulated to afford the exact size demanded. 1928Sunday Dispatch 9 Dec. 8 The permanent wave has already given place to the permanent curl. And the little postiches (buns) which have made their appearance in Paris are being eagerly adopted. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 120/2 Postiche clip, a small, flat spring clip to which are attached small postiches; used to secure them to the growing hair of a head. 1970J. G. Vermandel Dine with Devil i. 10 Try that big hat; it might be good for a waiflike effect, very ingenue. And the postiche with..what's that long white thing? |