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Grammar : Noun
Spell : wig
Phonetic Transcription : wɪg



Définition of wig

Origin :
  • 1670s, shortened form of periwig. Meaning "person who wears a wig (professionally)" is from 1828. The verb meaning "to behave hysterically" (usually with out) is attested from 1955, from notion in to flip one's wig. Cf. dash my wig!, a former mild imprecation (1797), also wigs on the green (1856), Irish colloquial for "a fight or rumble" (because wigs are likely to get detached from owners in such an event).
  • noun hairpiece
Example sentences :
  • His red slave's wig is thus made a feature in the characterization.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Furniture builder, salon decorator, wig maker, and constructor.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • It is so called from a fancied resemblance to a wig on a barber's block.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • A little later her wig fell off, and for an instant her head was bald.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The Deemster's wig had been taken off and tossed on to the dressing-table.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Back in his room, Philip resumed his wig and gown and returned to the Court-house.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • "My wig and gown to-day, Jemmy," said Philip, and he went out in his robes as Deemster.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Policy is a branch of wisdom, and wisdom they say is in the wig.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • I could stake my life upon it she wears a wig, that her complexion is a 'made-up' one.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • "If you think of buying a wig, I have one to sell you," said the landlady.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey

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