postiche

  • 11postiche — n.f. Boniment de foire, de camelot. Faire la postiche, provoquer un attroupement …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 12postiche — noun Etymology: French, from Spanish postizo Date: 1876 wig; especially toupee 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13postiche — /paw steesh , po /, adj. 1. superadded, esp. inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament. 2. artificial, counterfeit, or false. n. 3. an imitation or substitute. 4. pretense; sham. 5. a false hairpiece. [1850 55; < F < It&#8230; …

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  • 14postiche — pÉ‘ stɪːʃ ,pÉ” /pÉ’ n. forgery, imitation; pretense, impersonation adj. forged, counterfeit; artificial, not genuine; imitated, simulated …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 15postiche —    (poh STEESH) [French, from Italian: added to] A substitute or imitation. Something made and added after a work is complete, e.g., an inappropriate architectural ornament. Artificial; counterfeit …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 16postiche — pos·tiche …

    English syllables

  • 17postiche — pos•tiche [[t]pɔˈstiʃ, pɒ [/t]] adj. 1) artificial; counterfeit 2) clo a false hairpiece • Etymology: 1850–55; &LT; F &LT; It apposticcio &LT; VL *appositīcius added to …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18postiche — /pɒsˈtiʃ/ (say pos teesh) adjective 1. superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament. 2. artificial, counterfeit, or false. –noun 3. an imitation or substitute. 4. pretence. 5. → hairpiece. {French, from&#8230; …

  • 19postiche —   a.,n. artificial or spurious (thing); false (hair); (ornament) added, especially inappropriately, to finished thing …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 20postiche — adj., faux, de remplacement : POSTICHO / aposticho, A, E (Albanais, Annecy, Thônes 004b / 004a), R. =&GT; Pondre, Rebord. E. : Dent, Fait (Mal) …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

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