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Toupee

TOUPE'E

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toupee

toupee

See also: toupée

English

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Noun

toupee ‎(plural toupees)

  1. A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
  2. (obsolete) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
  3. (obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
    • G. Eliot
      Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.

Translations

Etymology

1727, from French toupet ‎(“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Middle French toupet ‎(“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Old French toupet ‎(“small tuft of hair, forelock”), diminutive of toupe, top ‎(“tuft of hair”), from Frankish *topp ‎(“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‎(“summit, crest, tuft of hair”). Cognate with Old Dutch topp ‎(“top”) (Dutch top), Old Frisian top ‎(“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old English top ‎(“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old High German zopf ‎(“end, summit, tuft of hair”), Old Norse toppr ‎(“tuft of hair, forelock”). More at top.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuːˈpeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

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