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💇 A hairpiece 🪙 A fake item
postiche

postiche

1 9.9
A piece of fake hair worn to hide or change your look
  • noun
  • /pəˈstiʃ/
  • Archaic
: postizo
  • He wore a postiche to conceal his thinning hair.

Examples

  • The detective quickly noticed that the suspect's beard was actually a postiche.

  • In the play, the actor donned a flamboyant postiche for a comedic effect.

  • She wore a beautiful postiche for the costume party.

  • The actor's postiche looked very realistic.

  • She wore a beautiful postiche to the costume party, adding elegance to her outfit.

  • The actor's postiche transformed him into a different character for the play.

  • He decided to wear a postiche for the theater production, looking just like the historical figure.

Synonyms

hairpiece
vspostiche
15 3.6

A piece of hair worn to hide baldness or change hairstyle

is broader and allows human or artificial hair for disguise or ornament
false hair
vspostiche
1 3.7

Pieces of real or fake strands worn on the head to hide thin spots and change style

is a covering or bundle of human or artificial hair for disguise or ornament
sheitel
vspostiche
  • Informal
1 9.9

A wig people wear to change how their hair looks

is the neutral descriptive term for such hair coverings in general use

How Much

wig
237 1.3
postiche
  • Archaic
1 9.9
toupee
32 7.6

Surface Forms

postiche singular
postiches plural

Etymology

Postiche comes from French and originally meant a 'false hair' worn to change a person's look or hide thinning hair. So a postiche today is a wig or hairpiece used to disguise or decorate the head.