a small section of artificial hair, worn by a man to cover an area of his head where hair no longer grows Topics Appearancec2(男用)小型遮秃假发 Word Originearly 18th cent. (denoting a curl or lock of artificial hair): toupee, alteration of French toupet ‘hair-tuft’, diminutive of Old French toup ‘tuft’, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to top.