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parrucca.

wig

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/parˈruk.ka/
  1. wig

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; according to the OED, possibly related to Latin pilus (“hair”), but there are phonetic difficulties. It could instead be related to parrocchetto (“parakeet”), referring to the feathers. Compare its descendant French perruque and also Corsican and Sicilian pilucca and Romagnol piróca.

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