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Webster 1913 Edition
Peruke
Webster 1828 Edition
Peruke
PERU'KE
,Noun.
Definition 2025
peruke
peruke
See also: perukę
English
James II of England wearing a peruke.
Alternative forms
Noun
peruke (plural perukes)
- A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:
- But now at thirty years my hair is grey— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day—) [...].
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:
Translations
wig
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
peruke
Declension
| Inflection of peruke (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peruke | perukkeet | |
| genitive | perukkeen | perukkeiden perukkeitten |
|
| partitive | peruketta | perukkeita | |
| illative | perukkeeseen | perukkeisiin perukkeihin |
|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peruke | perukkeet | |
| accusative | nom. | peruke | perukkeet |
| gen. | perukkeen | ||
| genitive | perukkeen | perukkeiden perukkeitten |
|
| partitive | peruketta | perukkeita | |
| inessive | perukkeessa | perukkeissa | |
| elative | perukkeesta | perukkeista | |
| illative | perukkeeseen | perukkeisiin perukkeihin |
|
| adessive | perukkeella | perukkeilla | |
| ablative | perukkeelta | perukkeilta | |
| allative | perukkeelle | perukkeille | |
| essive | perukkeena | perukkeina | |
| translative | perukkeeksi | perukkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | perukkein | |
| abessive | perukkeetta | perukkeitta | |
| comitative | — | perukkeineen | |