Periwig

//ˈpɛɹɪwɪɡ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women. historical

    "O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundling […]"

  2. 2
    a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig. transitive

    "Discord periwigg'd with snakes"

Synonyms

All synonyms
wigperukeperukewig

Example

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"O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundling […]"

Etymology

Alteration of Middle French perruque. Doublet of peruke.

Related phrases

tie periwig

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