peruke
/pəˈruːk
/
noun archaic
A wig or periwig.Long-suffering servants were ordered about in French and wore perukes to wait on his guests....
- The audience can clearly see that he is indeed a young boy in a peruke.
- The peruke still represented real hair and the ‘black patch’ had its model in the natural mole.
Origin
Mid 16th century (denoting a natural head of hair): from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, of unknown origin.