postiche

Today, polite society most often softens references to wigs with such euphemisms as “hair covering” or “hairpiece,” eschewing the historic terms “toupee” and “postiche.”

"No," said Lady Catchpole; "anything false which is well made up we call a postiche; it need not be exactly a wig."

Fastidiousness, at any rate, is very good postiche for modesty: it is always decent, it can never be coarse.

We have made a great succ�s by means of postiche—there is no denying it.

Ah, the taunts we shall have to endure when the postiche is discovered, from the rivals that have always been jealous and are still under the prestige of our former charms!