postiche
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
postiche (plural postiches or postiche)
- Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
- 1993, Patsy Baker, Wigs & Makeup for Theatre, Television, and Film, page 150:
- This type of postiche is called a 'combination wig' because it mixes hand-made work with machine-made work.
- 2001, Allan Peterkin, One Thousand Beards: A cultural history of facial hair, page 17:
- […] both kings and queens enjoyed wearing lavish fake beards made of gold and silver called postiches, which were strapped behind the ears like a Halloween mask.
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Translations[edit]
any item of false hair worn on the head or face
Adjective[edit]
postiche (not comparable)
- (art) Added after the work is finished.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian posticcio, from Late Latin appositīcius, from Latin appōnō (“put or place near”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
postiche f (plural postiches)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: postiche
Adjective[edit]
postiche (plural postiches)
References[edit]
- “postiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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