Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot.
- n. A curl or lock of hair worn during the 18th century as a topknot on a periwig.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A curl or artificial lock of hair, especially on the top of the head or as a sort of crowning feature of a periwig; a periwig having such a top-knot: hence, an artificial patch of hair worn to cover a bald spot or other defect.
Wiktionary
- n. A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
- n. obsolete A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
- n. obsolete A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
- n. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
Etymologies
- 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 (Dutch top, "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. (Wiktionary)
- French toupet, diminutive of Old French toupe, tuft of hair, from Frankish *top. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(In his case, the word toupee seems inadequate, since he is sporting much more than just a piece.)”
“The man with the toupee is one of the two men "behind the curtain.”
“When I uploaded it to Flickr people started commenting on the "toupee" - I got such a giggle out of this!”
“It was packed that night with the usual Johnny Quest types: men in toupee’s, fat successful women and skinny loser types, all vying for each other’s attention.”
“Note Frank's carefully crafted non-toupee aka comb-over.”
“Poor Bill Frist, he was SO pissed, his toupee was askew.”
“Getting a toupee is the next step for a man desperate to hold on to his youth.”
“What kind of toupee?" the child inquired, interested.”
“There are photographs of other noses, built up with nose-paste or, preferably, with "toupee" paste; one is of Falstaff, another of Shylock, and there is also one called "the Professor.”
Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
“By which the author clearly means that half the battle is won when, by the aid of nose-paste or "toupee" paste and grease-paint, powder, crêpe hair, spirit-gum, wig and the like, one has arrived at looking like the character.”
Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘toupee’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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wigs
wig terminology
transformation
4. An artificial head of hair worn by women.
1901 Daily News 12 Jan. 6/7 Buying toupées, or even ‘transformations’, as those wigs are ca...buzzwig, bagwig, bobwig, dalmahoy, gizz, jiz, jasey, jasy, jazy, periwig, perruque, peruke and 54 more...
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Abbreviate
Is there a name for this type of word?
expediency, obediency, eminency, enemy, arrestee, escapee, ogee, beady, essay, effigy, elegy, tennessee and 59 more...
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czarina's list
Off the top of my head
nocturnal, lulliloo, insatiable, lollygag, algernon, incandescence, banter, toupee, treachery, klondike, candied, preposterous and 7 more...
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toupee, francotirador, confiar, absolutely, positively, waft
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