| 单词 | false peruke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalse (also artificial) peruke a. A skullcap covered with hair so as to imitate the natural hair of the head; a wig; a periwig. In early use frequently in false (also artificial) peruke. Now historical.In quot. 1662 apparently: a lovelock.In quot. 1846 identified as a smaller wig than a periwig and belonging to the reign of Charles II, but peruke is in fact found much earlier than this, and other authors identify it in sense with periwig. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig periwig1529 peruke?a1549 periwinkle1580 flash1699 scandalous1699 strum1699 noddle-casea1704 rug1940 ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 168/1 Coiffes of venice golde with theire perukes of here hanginge to them and longe labelles of colored lawne. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Capillamentum.., a false perruke. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 She..must needes haue an vnnaturall perug, to set forth her fauour, where her owne [hair] had bene best. 1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 281 When their owne hair failed, they set artificiall Peruques, with long locks upon their heades. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 24 Mar. (1970) III. 51 By and by comes la Belle Perce to see my wife and to bring her a pair of peruques of hair. 1757 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 230 A fair peruke may adorn a weak head. 1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Aug. 170 His chin well shav'd, his peruke dressed. 1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. 579 A less cumbrous article, termed a peruke, came into fashion in the time of Charles II., and were [sic] called travelling wigs. 1937 O. St. J. Gogarty As I was going down Sackville St. 76 Powder and peruke and sedan chairs. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory i. 45 Serious men in perruques, short dark coats, and pince-nez descended on the puszcza villages. < as lemmas |
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