peruked

Questions about peruked

What does peruked mean?

peruked means "wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries".

How many syllables are in peruked?

peruked has 2 syllables and divides as peru-ked under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for peruked?

Close synonyms include periwigged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peruked a common word?

peruked is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.