Synonyms for wig

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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