peruke
/pəˈɹuk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits."
- "But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]"
- "Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]"
- "Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like the plumage of an aviary."
- "With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pəˈɹuk/
- British English: /pəˈɹuːk/