peruke
See also: perukę
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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—) [...].
- 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
wig
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Finnish
Etymology
Noun
peruke
Declension
Inflection of peruke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | perukkeetta | perukkeitta | |
instructive | — | perukkein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |