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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of pruik (“wig”) + -en- + tijd (“time, era”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprœy̯.kə(n)ˌtɛi̯t/
- Hyphenation: prui‧ken‧tijd
Proper noun
pruikentijd m
- (Netherlands, informal, derogatory or humorous) the 18th century, the Enlightenment, particularly in reference to the Netherlands
- 1875 March, P., letter, in Het Nederlandsch tooneel: kroniek en critiek, vol. 4, page 192.
Zulke producten uit den pruikentijd zijn we ontwassen.- We have outgrown such products of the Augustan Era.
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