Definitions for peruke

peruke pe·ruke

Spelling: [puh-rook]
IPA: /pəˈruk/

Peruke is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in peruke (eekpru).

Definitions for peruke

noun

  1. a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.

Origin of peruke

First recorded in 1540-50, peruke is from the Middle French word perruque head of hair, wig, of disputed orig.

Examples for peruke

Nodding his peruke, the king promised to render him contented.

He had tried on his twentieth peruke when the carriage was waiting at the door.

Jacques had taken off the mask and peruke of Goodman Cholera.

This was a peruke of his, famous in the part of Sir Fopling Flutter.

The period is contemporary with the peruke––the period is the peruke of style.

We will bring our gossip about wigs to a close with an account of the peruke Riot.

His peruke was carefully powdered and his shirt ruffles were snow-white.

The peruke, and, as it were, all that the peruke symbolized.

His silver-white hair when he removed his peruke was a venerable spectacle.

Daniel's head is covered with a peruke of considerable magnitude.

Word Value for peruke
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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