peruke
See also: perukę
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
peruke (plural perukes)
- A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:
- But now at thirty years my hair is grey— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day—) [...].
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1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 19:
- 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.
- 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books 2011, p. 135:
- With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:
Translations[edit]
wig
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
peruke
- (fishing) wire trace, snood
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of peruke (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peruke | perukkeet | |
| genitive | perukkeen | perukkeiden perukkeitten |
|
| partitive | peruketta | perukkeita | |
| illative | perukkeeseen | perukkeisiin perukkeihin |
|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peruke | perukkeet | |
| accusative | nom. | peruke | perukkeet |
| gen. | perukkeen | ||
| genitive | perukkeen | perukkeiden perukkeitten |
|
| partitive | peruketta | perukkeita | |
| inessive | perukkeessa | perukkeissa | |
| elative | perukkeesta | perukkeista | |
| illative | perukkeeseen | perukkeisiin perukkeihin |
|
| adessive | perukkeella | perukkeilla | |
| ablative | perukkeelta | perukkeilta | |
| allative | perukkeelle | perukkeille | |
| essive | perukkeena | perukkeina | |
| translative | perukkeeksi | perukkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | perukkein | |
| abessive | perukkeetta | perukkeitta | |
| comitative | — | perukkeineen | |
