toupee

Meanings

Plural: toupees

Noun

a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
A small tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes.

Origin / Etymology

1727, from French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Middle French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), from Old French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), diminutive of toupe, top (“tuft of hair”), from Frankish *topp (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”). Cognate with Old Dutch topp (“top”) (Dutch top), Old Frisian top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old English top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair”), Old High German zopf (“end, summit, tuft of hair”), Old Norse toppr (“tuft of hair, forelock”). More at top.

Synonyms

hairpiece, toupe

Scrabble Score: 8

toupee is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
toupee is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toupee is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

toupee is a valid Words With Friends word