\Tou*pee"\ (?; 277), Toupet \Tou*pet"\ (?; 277), n. [F.
toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin
to E. top. See {Top} apex, and cf. {Topet}.]
1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
         Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.
                                               --G. Eliot.