bigwign.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡˌwɪɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big n.², wig n.³

Etymology: < big n.² + wig n.³, on account of the large wigs formerly worn by men of distinction or importance.

Chiefly humorous. Frequently derogatory.

A person of high official standing; a noteworthy or important person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important

persona1425

personagec1460

colossus1605

satrapon1650

bigwig1772

big man1789

butt-cut1806

tallboy1820

buzz-wig1854

great or high shot1861

celestial1874

pot1880

big stuff1883

importance1886

big wheel1893

mandarin1907

the (also a) big noise1909

hotty1910

big boy1918

biggie1926

hotshot1933

wheel1933

eminence1935

top hat1936

big or great white chief1937

Mr Big1940

big kahuna1966

1772 G. A. Stevens Songs Comic & Satyrical 229 Ye big Wigs of Gresham some Nostrum compound, To keep our Heads clear and preserve our Hearts sound.

1781 G. Selwyn Let. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. Manuscripts (1897) App. vi. 526 A new point of discussion for the lawyers, for our big wigs, for their Lordships.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 221 As poet-translator, no big wig ranks stouter.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. vii. 166 Some big-wig has come in his way who is going to dine with him.

1892 Proc. Musical Assoc. 19 15 Wagner..was considered a suspicious character, in more ways than one, by the musical bigwigs of his day.

1942 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 50 952 A scheme designed for the protection of the capitalist system or to line the pockets of the Nazi bigwigs.

1992 Economist 18 Jan. 58/3 Mr Kaifu was booted out of office by the party bigwigs.

Derivatives

bigˈwiggery n. official display of importance, pomp; (also) high office, bigwigs collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > official

bigwiggery1855

bigwiggism1872

bigwiggedness1884

1855 Househ. Words 12 250 All this solemn bigwiggery—these triumphs, ovations, sacrifices, orations.

1945 K. Antohny Lambs iv. 72 Their devotion to the clinking glass and the ribald joke and their complete and happy disrespect for bigwiggery and puffery of all kinds further united them.

2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Feb. 12 And I have noticed that even at the highest levels of municipal bigwiggery there are still niggling fears about the impact of the St Stephen's development on the rest of the city centre.

† bigwiggism n. Obsolete = bigwiggedness n. at bigwigged adj. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > official

bigwiggery1855

bigwiggism1872

bigwiggedness1884

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xvii. 313 I didn't like..so much empty bigwiggism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bigwig
释义	bigwign. Brit. /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡˌwɪɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big n.², wig n.³ Etymology: < big n.² + wig n.³, on account of the large wigs formerly worn by men of distinction or importance. Chiefly humorous. Frequently derogatory. A person of high official standing; a noteworthy or important person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 1772 G. A. Stevens Songs Comic & Satyrical 229 Ye big Wigs of Gresham some Nostrum compound, To keep our Heads clear and preserve our Hearts sound. 1781 G. Selwyn Let. in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. Manuscripts (1897) App. vi. 526 A new point of discussion for the lawyers, for our big wigs, for their Lordships. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 221 As poet-translator, no big wig ranks stouter. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. vii. 166 Some big-wig has come in his way who is going to dine with him. 1892 Proc. Musical Assoc. 19 15 Wagner..was considered a suspicious character, in more ways than one, by the musical bigwigs of his day. 1942 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 50 952 A scheme designed for the protection of the capitalist system or to line the pockets of the Nazi bigwigs. 1992 Economist 18 Jan. 58/3 Mr Kaifu was booted out of office by the party bigwigs. Derivatives bigˈwiggery n. official display of importance, pomp; (also) high office, bigwigs collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > official bigwiggery1855 bigwiggism1872 bigwiggedness1884 1855 Househ. Words 12 250 All this solemn bigwiggery—these triumphs, ovations, sacrifices, orations. 1945 K. Antohny Lambs iv. 72 Their devotion to the clinking glass and the ribald joke and their complete and happy disrespect for bigwiggery and puffery of all kinds further united them. 2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Feb. 12 And I have noticed that even at the highest levels of municipal bigwiggery there are still niggling fears about the impact of the St Stephen's development on the rest of the city centre. † bigwiggism n. Obsolete = bigwiggedness n. at bigwigged adj. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > official bigwiggery1855 bigwiggism1872 bigwiggedness1884 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xvii. 313 I didn't like..so much empty bigwiggism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1772
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