单词 | tête |
释义 | têten. Obsolete exc. Historical. A woman's head of hair, or wig, dressed high and elaborately ornamented, in the fashion of the second half of the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair chevelure1470 heartbreaker1654 wig1675 tête1756 wiggery1775 transformation1901 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other Rogerian1597 Gregorian1598 Chedreux1678 vallancy1684 spencer17.. nightcap wig1709 Adonis1734 pigeon wing1753 grizzle1755 tête1756 bag-wig1760 negligent1762 jasey1789 bushel-wig1794 Brutus1798 scalp1802 Brown Georgea1845 sheitel1890 fright wig1904 katsura1908 neck-roll1920 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires i. viii, in tr. Horace Wks. (1826) II. 71 Sagana's towering tête of false hair. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xviii. 184 I sell as many wigs, or têtes, as any Barber in town. 1813 Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 81 By way of Grecian tétes, they had large cockades of hair stuck at the back of their heads. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 115 This unparalleled tête, which her brother was wont to say was fitter for a turband to Mahound or Termagant, than a head-gear for a..Christian gentlewoman. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 May 6/1 She [a lady of time of Geo. III] wears what is called a tête, the monstrous head-dress that was fashionable in her time. Compounds tête-maker n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > one who periwig-maker1598 noddle-thatcher1716 tête-maker1789 nob thatcher1793 board-worker1927 1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1816) II. 121 Têtemakers, perfumers,..parliament speech~makers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756 |
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