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单词 tête
释义

têten.

Brit. /teɪt/, U.S. /teɪt/, /tɛt/
Etymology: < French tête head.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A woman's head of hair, or wig, dressed high and elaborately ornamented, in the fashion of the second half of the 18th cent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair
chevelure1470
heartbreaker1654
wig1675
tête1756
wiggery1775
transformation1901
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other
Rogerian1597
Gregorian1598
Chedreux1678
vallancy1684
spencer17..
nightcap wig1709
Adonis1734
pigeon wing1753
grizzle1755
tête1756
bag-wig1760
negligent1762
jasey1789
bushel-wig1794
Brutus1798
scalp1802
Brown Georgea1845
sheitel1890
fright wig1904
katsura1908
neck-roll1920
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires i. viii, in tr. Horace Wks. (1826) II. 71 Sagana's towering tête of false hair.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xviii. 184 I sell as many wigs, or têtes, as any Barber in town.
1813 Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 81 By way of Grecian tétes, they had large cockades of hair stuck at the back of their heads.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 115 This unparalleled tête, which her brother was wont to say was fitter for a turband to Mahound or Termagant, than a head-gear for a..Christian gentlewoman.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 May 6/1 She [a lady of time of Geo. III] wears what is called a tête, the monstrous head-dress that was fashionable in her time.

Compounds

tête-maker n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > one who
periwig-maker1598
noddle-thatcher1716
tête-maker1789
nob thatcher1793
board-worker1927
1789 J. Wolcot Subj. for Painters in Wks. (1816) II. 121 Têtemakers, perfumers,..parliament speech~makers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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