toupee
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toupee
- /tuːˈpeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
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.
noun toupees · toupe · toupée · toupet
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A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
Near-synonym: hair system
Similar: hairpiece, hair system
- A small tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
- A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes. Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
Translations
Talk about this word "toupee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/toupee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. toupee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/toupee "toupee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/toupee.Cite this
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title = {toupee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
