单词 | perruquier |
释义 | perruquiern. A person who makes, dresses, or sells wigs; a wig-maker. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > one who makes peruke-maker1685 perruquier1753 perukier1892 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Perruquier, he that maketh Perewincles.] 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 11 All the Fraternity of Men-makers..Taylors, Peruquiers, Hatters, Hosiers. 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy 80 There was a French peruquier in this burletta, whose singing was to be French. 1806 Edinb. Rev. 8 417 Who was the perruquier of his orange trees? 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing ii, in Fraser's Mag. May 603/2 The tailor..exposed his head to the..perruquier's gaze. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life viii. 85 I remember a fashionable perruquier being tried many years ago. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §428 Hairdresser's model maker, perruquier, postiche worker, posticheur, wig-maker; general terms for..workers engaged in..making wigs [etc.]. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 27 Dec. 3/3 Marlene Dietrich had obtained Callas's wig from her Hollywood perruquier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753 |
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