Unwigged

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unwig form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not wearing a wig; not covered by a wig. not-comparable

    "Appearance—like the first blow in boxing—is half the battle. […] I was once witness to a farmer’s abusing a pair of young, spruce, unwigged counsellors for spoiling his ground, in the afternoon, in whose presence he had—on a trial in the morning—trembled from head to foot."

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"Appearance—like the first blow in boxing—is half the battle. […] I was once witness to a farmer’s abusing a pair of young, spruce, unwigged counsellors for spoiling his ground, in the afternoon, in whose presence he had—on a trial in the morning—trembled from head to foot."

Etymology

From un- + wigged.

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