peruke /pəˈɹuːk/ noun1 •A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.To posterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of something burlesque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over suits of armour compose vvonderfull habits. — 1762 formsperukes