wign.1
/wɪɡ/, U.S. /wɪɡ/ Now dialect.
A kind of bun or small cake made of fine flour.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun]
bun1371
wig1376
barley-bun1552
simnel cake1699
simlin1701
muffin1703
Chelsea bun1711
cross-bun1733
hot cross bun1733
penny bun1777
Sally Lunn1780
huffkin1790
Bath-bun1801
teacake1832
English muffin1842
saffron bun1852
Belgian bun1854
Valentine-bun1854
cinnamon roll1872
lunn1874
Yorkshire teacake1877
barmbrack1878
cinnamon bun1879
sticky bun1880
pan dulce1882
schnecke1899
wad1919
tabnab1933
1376 in H. T. Riley Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis (1860) III. 424 Cum uno pane de obolo, vocato ‘wygge’.
1413 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 8, No. 1) Ponderatores panis presentant quod..panis wastell pistoris de Writle in defectu xs; item, le wigg ejusdem in defectu, xs.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 526/2 Wygge, brede (P. or bunne brede).
1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters ii. xi. 63 b/2 Some wax dronk in lent of wygges & craknels.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xx. 710 The workers in pastrie do vse the rising of beere to make their wigs withall.
1620 J. Taylor Jack a Lent C j b His round halfe-penny loaues are transformd into sq[u]are wiggs, (which wigges like drunkards are drownd in their Ale).
1664 S. Pepys Diary 8 Apr. (1971) V. 117 Home to the only Lenten supper I have had of wiggs and ale.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vi. 293/2 A..Wigg, is White Bread moulded long ways, and thick in the middle.
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xii. 261 Toast a Light Wig.
1810 A. Boswell Edinburgh 25 Rich Whigs and Cookies smoke upon the board.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. ii. 27 An exasperating belief in the sufficiency of buttered ‘whigs’ and home-made marmalade for all requirements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wign.2
/wɪɡ/, U.S. /wɪɡ/, Scottish English /wɪɡ/ Scottish and northern.
Only in from wig to wall, backwards and forwards, from pillar to post.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > hither and thither
hither and thitherc725
here and there1297
from place to placea1398
hitherward and thitherwarda1398
from post to pillarc1500
from pillar to posta1550
from wig to wall1602
hither and yon1787
hither and yond1831
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 239 Tossed from poste to piller, from wigge to wall, by a restles course of miseries.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 99 Mind what this lass has suffer'd now for you,..How she is catcht for you frae wigg to wa.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A thing is said to gang frae wyg to waw, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wign.3
/wɪɡ/, U.S. /wɪɡ/ 1.
a. An artificial covering of hair for the head, worn to conceal baldness or to cover the inadequacy of the natural hair, as a part of professional, ceremonial, or formerly of fashionable, costume (as still by judges and barristers, formerly also by bishops and other clergymen), or as a disguise (as by actors on the stage): = periwig n. 1, peruke n. 2 (See also bag-wig n., bob-wig n. at bob n.1 4b, full-bottomed adj. wig, tie-wig n.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair
chevelure1470
heartbreaker1654
wig1675
tête1756
wiggery1775
transformation1901
1675 Char. Town-gallant 4 He..looks down with Contempt on every body, whose Wig is not right Flaxen.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bar-wig, between a bob and a long one.
1710 J. Swift in J. Swift & R. Steele Tatler No. 238 Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.
1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 57 Nor is thy Flaxen Wigg with Safety worn.
1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 98 Away went Gilpin, neck or nought, Away went hat and wig!
a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 93 He was a spare man, and wore a powdered club-wig, similar to that worn by Tom Davies, the book~seller and biographer of Garrick.
1835 W. E. Gladstone Let. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. 127 The disappearance of the bishops' wigs, which he said had done more harm to the church than anything else!
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House i. 2 There is the registrar below the Judge, in wig and gown.
1879 R. Browning Ned Bratts in Idyls I. 44 Serjeant Postlethwayte—Dashing the wig oblique as he mopped his oily pate.
b. Phrases. dash my wig(s) (colloquial), a mild imprecation (see dash v. 11). my wig(s)! (colloquial) a meaningless expression of surprise, etc. wigs on the green, a colloquial expression (originally Irish) for coming to blows or sharp altercation (wigs being liable to fall or be pulled off in a fray).
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > mild oaths
by George1616
for, before, fore George1616
Gemini1664
dash my wig(s)1797
Jiminy1803
Christmas1882
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of
ganglinga1387
altercation1410
brawla1500
heat1549
wranglea1555
brabble1566
paroxysm1578
wrangling1580
brangle1600
branglement1617
rixation1623
row1746
skimmington1753
mêlée1765
breeze1785
squeal1788
hash1789
rook1808
blow-up1809
blowout1825
scena1826
reerie1832
catfight1854
barney1855
wigs on the green1856
bull and cow1859
scrap1890
slanging match1896
snap1897
up-and-downer1927
brannigan1941
rhubarb1941
bitch fight1949
punch-up1958
shout-up1965
shouting match1970
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection]
whatOE
well, wellOE
avoyc1300
ouc1300
ay1340
lorda1393
ahaa1400
hillaa1400
whannowc1450
wow1513
why?1520
heydaya1529
ah1538
ah me!a1547
fore me!a1547
o me!a1547
what the (also a) goodyear1570
precious coals1576
Lord have mercy (on us)1581
good heavens1588
whau1589
coads1590
ay me!1591
my stars!a1593
Gods me1595
law1598
Godso1600
to go out1600
coads-nigs1608
for mercy!a1616
good stars!1615
mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616
gramercy1617
goodness1623
what next?1662
mon Dieu1665
heugh1668
criminy1681
Lawd1696
the dickens1697
(God, etc.) bless my heart1704
alackaday1705
(for) mercy's sake!1707
my1707
deuce1710
gracious1712
goodly and gracious1713
my word1722
my stars and garters!1758
lawka1774
losha1779
Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784
great guns!1795
mein Gott1795
Dear me!1805
fancy1813
well, I'm sure!1815
massy1817
Dear, dear!1818
to get off1818
laws1824
Mamma mia1824
by crikey1826
wisha1826
alleleu1829
crackey1830
Madonna mia1830
indeed1834
to go on1835
snakes1839
Jerusalem1840
sapristi1840
oh my days1841
tear and ages1841
what (why, etc.) in time?1844
sakes alive!1846
gee willikers1847
to get away1847
well, to be sure!1847
gee1851
Great Scott1852
holy mackerel!1855
doggone1857
lawsy1868
my wig(s)!1871
gee whiz1872
crimes1874
yoicks1881
Christmas1882
hully gee1895
'ullo1895
my hat!1899
good (also great) grief!1900
strike me pink!1902
oo-er1909
what do you know?1909
cripes1910
coo1911
zowiec1913
can you tie that?1918
hot diggety1924
yeow1924
ziggety1924
stone (or stiffen) the crows1930
hullo1931
tiens1932
whammo1932
po po po1936
how about that?1939
hallo1942
brother1945
tie that!1948
surprise1953
wowee1963
yikes1971
never1974
to sod off1976
whee1978
mercy1986
yipes1989
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 75 Dash my wig, if Ainsforth is not as well-looking as your finical Welsh baronet.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 112 Dash my wigs, Quoth he, I would pummel and lam her well.
1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Mar. 139/1 If a quarrel is foreseen as a probable contingency, it is predicted that ‘there'll be wigs on the green’.
1871 A. Hoppe Eng.-Deutsches Suppl.-Lex. Wig, s. my wigs!
1891 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) II. 257 I am writing a short narrative poem. My wig! but it is garrulous.
1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries i. 22 Whenever they saw them advancing, they felt there would be wigs on the green.
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c. Jocularly applied to a (natural) head of hair, esp. of a child; hence curly-wig, a jocular appellation for a child with curly hair.
d. transferred.
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1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 9 Aug. 351 Those white, curled clouds, that we call Judges' Wigs.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 444 Plunging his nose amidst such an enormous wig of yeast as o'ertopped his cannikin.
e. Australian. Sheep-shearing. The wool of a sheep growing around the eyes and on top of the head, removed during shearing. Cf. topknot n. 1c.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > wool shorn from head
wiga1964
a1964 H. P. Tritton in R. Ward Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 228 Two blows to chip away the wig.
1972 J. S. Gunn in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. iii. 61 One thing I did notice about shearing was..two terms for the one idea..for example rouseabout/shedhand..topknot/wig.
2. transferred. A person who wears a wig (professionally); a dignitary. colloquial. (Cf. bigwig n.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one of high rank
statec1449
top people1752
anybody1802
celestitude1824
big bug1826
wig1828
celestiality1837
(the) salt of the earth1842
high-up1882
big-timer1917
V.I.P.1933
1828 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) XXI. 323 The horrid systematic opposition to hunting, which has justly raised so great odium against the Wigs.
1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 18 Apr. (1941) 227 Dined with the Dean of Chester..There were the amiable Bishop of London,..the Dean of St. Paul's, and other dignitaries... It was a very pleasant day—the wiggs against the wits for a guinea in point of conversation.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. iv. 436 So the heirship fell to us, as the biggest wig in the most benighted Chancery would have to grant.
3. Technical name for the coarse hair on the shoulders of a full-grown male fur-seal, and hence for the seal itself when bearing this.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Ostaridae (eared seal) > genus Callorhinus (fur-seal) > parts of
wig1883
1830 N. Dana Mariner's Sk. 145 These old wigs are more than twice as large as the female seal.
1832 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 29 The dog seals are named by South Seamen Wigs.
1883 Q. Rev. Oct. 449 At five years..what is called the ‘wig’—a mass of coarse hair on the shoulders—appears,..so that it does not pay to kill an animal of this age.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 352/2 The largest skins, known in the trade as ‘wigs’, which range up to 8 ft. in length, are uneven and weak in the fur.
4. [Compare wig v.2 2] A severe rebuke or scolding, ? originally from a ‘bigwig’; an act of wigging n. slang or colloquial.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > severe > instance of
choking pear1546
choke-pear1573
a flea in one's ear1577
rattle1652
juniper letter1655
juniper lecture1706
siserary1771
wig1789
a word of a sort1796
rowing1812
wigging1813
sloan1823
scorcher1842
rubdowna1846
tickler1846
slating1881
bawl-out1926
earful1929
caning1933
a kick in the pants1933
rollicking1938
rocket1941
bollocking1946
butt-kicking1970
1789 J. Woodforde Diary 1 Feb. (1927) III. 81 Thomas Carr dined with our Folks in Kitchen. Gave him a tolerable good Wigg.
1804 Sir J. Malcolm in Life (1856) I. 267 If you got a private wig about Gwalior, I shall get a dozen.
1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. ii. 52 Else, though the Pr——e be long in rigging, 'Twould take, at least, a fortnight's wigging—Two wigs to every paragraph—Before he well could get through half.
1852 Doveton Burmese War iii. 76 At the risk of a wig in G. O., or even a court-martial.
1903 Daily Chron. 21 Nov. 3/3 As often as not a ‘wig’ ended by the offer of a cheroot.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
wig-box n.
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1713 Guardian 27 Aug. 2/1 I take the Liberty of enclosing it to you in my Wig-Box.
1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 118 These odd Creatures [sc. armadillos] are cased with a covering in Shape somewhat..resembling that of a travelling Wig Box.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xiv. 135 Scarce anything told of the lawyer but the wig-box beside the Venus upon the middle shelf of the bookcase.
wig-dresser n.
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1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (ed. 2) III. 136 Appointed his shaver, wig-dresser, and wig-maker.
wig-maker n.
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Perukemaker A wigmaker.
18281 [see sense 2]. wig-making n.
wig-puffer n.
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1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlv. 280 [He] should keep no Company, but that of Tailors, Wig-puffers, and Milaners.
wig-tie n.
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1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cxxxviii Flounce Of wig-ties and of coat-tails.
wig-wearer n.
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1852 S. R. Maitland Eight Ess. 236 The cap was only such an one as wig-wearers were wont to use.
wig-wearing n.
wig-weaver n.
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1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 543 Her head..Indebted to some smart wig-weaver's hand For more than half the tresses it sustains.
wig-weaving n.
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1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (ed. 2) III. 170 His dexterity in wig-weaving.
b.
wig-like adj.
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1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. xii. 141 Rows of stiff wiglike curls.
C2.
wig-block n. a rounded block for placing a wig upon when being made or not in use.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > equipment
blockhead1549
barber's block1688
wig-blocka1745
poupée1804
a1745 J. Swift Country Life 123 Nim lost his wig-block, Dan his jordan.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 167 He..lived alone..with no other companions than his wig-blocks and a tame starling.
wig-picker n. U.S. slang a psychiatrist.
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the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist
mad-doctor1697
head-doctor1850
mind-curer1856
psychiater1857
alienist1864
psychopath1864
psychiatrist1869
mind-curist1889
trick-cyclist1897
soul doctor1922
loony-doctor1925
witch doctor1930
psych1946
headshrinker1950
wig-picker1961
shrink1966
shrinker1967
1961 Amer. Speech 36 147 Wig picker,..a psychiatrist.
1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 153 Was I afraid of what a wig-picker might say?
wig-stand n. a support, usually of wood or porcelain, comprising a base and rounded stem upon which a wig may rest when not in use (cf. wig-block n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > other stands
boot-rack1837
umbrella-stand1837
watch-stand1858
pot stand1868
wig-stand1883
tie rack1916
patio stand1969
1883 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop (rev. ed.) xix. 189 Here is the lost one's original epitaph (with the wig-stand and block to match)..The Barber's Epitaph.
1911 O. Onions Widdershins i. 18 A couple of mushroom-shaped old wooden wig-stands.
1915 F. W. Burgess Antique Furnit. 212 The so-called wig-stands providing puff-box and powder, and a ewer of rose-water and a bowl, essentials to a gallant of that day, are extremely interesting.
1970 Country Life 17–24 Dec. 1245/2 Hand-painted wig stands from Dodo Designs.
wig-sumac n. a name for the Venetian sumac ( Rhus cotinus), from its hairy inflorescence.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]
buck's-horna1450
rhus?1541
sumac1548
Venice sumac1597
poisonwood1671
poison tree1676
swamp sumac1722
urushi1727
stag-horn1753
Venetian sumac1755
poison ash1757
ipoh1779
poison sumac1785
ailanthus tree1789
Japan varnish1789
vinegar-plant1797
mountain sumac1813
poison dogwood1814
upas1814
karee1815
fustet1821
taaibos1821
poison elder1822
varnish sumac1822
Japan lacquer1835
tree of heaven1845
anacard1847
smoke plant1856
tanners' sumac1858
swamp dogwood1859
smoke-tree1860
wax-tree1866
wig-sumac1867
wig-tree1867
burnwood1874
vinegar-tree1874
mountain manchineel1884
valley of death tree1888
sugar-bush1900
smoke bush1902
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > Venetian sumac shrub or wood
fustic1545
fust1682
Venetian sumac1755
fustet1821
wig-sumac1867
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 203/2 Venetian S[umach]..known also as Wig S[umach] or Wig Tree.
wig-table n. a small table at which wigs were adjusted and powdered.
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1923 W. Deeping Secret Sanctuary xviii. A mahogany wig table for a dressing-table.
wig-tail n. (a) a name for a tropic-bird, from its long tail-feathers; (b) the tail of a wig.
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the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird)
tropicbird1624
boatswain1815
marlinspike1858
long-tail1859
star-tail1862
boatswain bird1867
bosun bird1888
wig-tail1888
bosun1899
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of
sidelock1530
lock1601
tour1674
snake1676
front1693
bull-tour1724
back-head1731
ramillies tail1782
frontlet1785
frisette1818
toupee1862
postiche1867
switch1870
pin-curl1873
scalpette1881
wig-tail1888
chichi1906
hairpiece1939
fall1943
toup1959
1888 Amer. Natur. Oct. 862 The wig-tail, a white bird about the size of a pigeon, having two long, flexible, streamer-like tail feathers.
1905 A. T. Sheppard Red Cravat iii. ii. 242 The powdered wig-tail poked out truculently above the red collar.
wig-tree n. a name for the Venetian sumac ( Rhus cotinus), from its hairy inflorescence.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]
buck's-horna1450
rhus?1541
sumac1548
Venice sumac1597
poisonwood1671
poison tree1676
swamp sumac1722
urushi1727
stag-horn1753
Venetian sumac1755
poison ash1757
ipoh1779
poison sumac1785
ailanthus tree1789
Japan varnish1789
vinegar-plant1797
mountain sumac1813
poison dogwood1814
upas1814
karee1815
fustet1821
taaibos1821
poison elder1822
varnish sumac1822
Japan lacquer1835
tree of heaven1845
anacard1847
smoke plant1856
tanners' sumac1858
swamp dogwood1859
smoke-tree1860
wax-tree1866
wig-sumac1867
wig-tree1867
burnwood1874
vinegar-tree1874
mountain manchineel1884
valley of death tree1888
sugar-bush1900
smoke bush1902
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 203/2 Venetian S[umach]..known also as Wig S[umach] or Wig Tree.
Derivatives
ˈwigdom n. judges or lawyers as a body.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > collectively
gens de la robe1679
lawyery1716
black-apronry1832
wigdom1886
1886 Illustr. London News 27 Nov. 588/3 ‘Wigdom’, preparing for its most dignified exhibition on the Bench of the High Court of Justice.
ˈwigful n. as much as fills a wig.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills an article of clothing
sleeveful?a1505
hoodfulc1525
hatful?1573
pocketful1611
capful1719
bootful1772
wigful1836
apronful1865
1836 E. Howard Rattlin vii I was told to..get a wigful of potatoes.., the..pedagogue coolly taking off his wig.
ˈwiggish adj. having the character of a wig.Apparently an isolated use.
ˈwiggishness n. Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > the character of artificial hair
wiggishness1866
1866 A. Trollope Claverings iii An effort..to hide the wiggishness of his wigs.
ˈwiggism n. the practice of wearing wigs.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing headgear
wimpling?c1225
hoodingc1575
wiggism1821
1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 573 The history of wiggism in this country..from its origin down to its decline and fall.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 256.
ˈwigless adj. destitute of a wig, not wearing a wig.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a wig > not
unperiwigged1780
wigless1799
unwigged1845
perukeless1875
1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 224 Thrusting his wigless head out of the window.
1813 G. Colman Vagaries Vindicated 49 Wigless, with his Cassock torn.
1906 Calthrop Eng. Costume III. 133 In the days when to be wigless was to be undressed.
ˈwiglet n. a little wig.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > short or small
cut-scratch1753
scratch1755
scratch-periwig1771
scratch-wig1775
wiglet1831
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > small
wiglet1831
1831 Examiner 660/1 Disarray'd and bare Of cassock, shovel-hat, and wiglet fair.
1964 Sun-Herald (Brisbane) 21 June 56/3 Wiglets, or half wigs start from 11 gns and full wigs are from 32 gns.
1979 L. Kallen Introd. C. B. Greenfield xi. 131 A stand bearing wigs and wiglets.
wiglomeˈration n. [after conglomeration] humorously for ‘ceremonious fuss’ (in legal proceedings).
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1853 C. Dickens Bleak House viii. 69 He is a ward in Chancery..the whole thing will be vastly ceremonious, wordy, unsatisfactory, and expensive, and I call it, in general, Wiglomeration.
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wigv.1
/wɪɡ/, U.S. /wɪɡ/ dialect.
intransitive and transitive. To move lightly from side to side; to wag, waggle.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > wag > lightly
wiga1529
wiggle1839
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 137 It wygges and it wagges, Lyke tawny saffron bagges.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Wig, move off, go away.
1882 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Wig, wigg, v. i. To move, shake, wag. Shetl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
wigv.2
/wɪɡ/, U.S. /wɪɡ/ 1. [ < wig n.3 1, or back-formation from wigged adj.] transitive. To supply with a wig; to put a wig upon; spec. to provide with wigs in preparation for a theatrical performance (with the actors or the performance as object).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > headgear > wig
periwig1605
wig1826
bewig1862
1826 Examiner 119/2 Cooper performed the husband, and had to wig himself into age for the purpose.
1872 E. Yates Castaway I. i. i. 64 It was Mr. Samuel's boast that he had ‘wigged and painted’ more ‘stars’ than any other man out of London.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 4/2 I..have the pleasure of congratulating Mr. Clarkson on having ‘wigged’ three operas in one evening.
2. [ < wig n.3 4, or back-formation from wigging n.] To rebuke or censure severely, scold, rate. Also rarely intransitive with at. slang or colloquial.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
dressc1405
wipe1523
to take up1530
whip1530
to shake upa1556
trounce1607
castigatea1616
lasha1616
objurgate1616
thunderstrike1638
snub1672
drape1683
cut1737
rowa1798
score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
slate1840
drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
lambaste1886
ruck1899
bollock1901
bawl1903
scrub1911
burn1914
to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
brass1943
rocket1948
bitch1952
tee1955
fan-
1829 Examiner 595/1 The Chronicle discovers too much disposition to what is vulgarly but expressively called, wigging us.
1831 B. Hall Fragm. Voy. & Trav. I. iii. 73 I had..from the first day I went afloat—a great horror at being reproached, or ‘wigged’, as we called it.
1908 W. De Morgan Somehow Good xxv What are you wigging at her for?
1911 Times 13 Apr. 9/4 A subordinate..who presumably has been severely ‘wigged’ by his chief.
3. [perhaps < wig v.1 or wig n.3 1.] intransitive. With out. To be overcome by extreme emotion; to be stimulated to the point of imbalance; to go mad, ‘freak out’. U.S. slang.
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the mind > emotion > violent emotion > be affected with violent emotion [verb (intransitive)]
ragea1400
to blow one's top1928
to go haywire1929
to pop (also blow) one's cork1938
to flip one's lid (also wig)1950
wig1955
to go ballistic1981
1955 Amer. Speech 30 305 He wigged out at the prof's gag.
1968 P. Welles Babyhip xx. 139 ‘The Boss Pornographers,’ he said, ‘it's LSD Music, to wig-out by.’
1975 Time 27 Oct. 70/3 Some in the startled crowd recall him saying, ‘The company is now in God's hands.’ One executive wondered if Goshorn had ‘wigged out’.
1978 J. Gores Gone, no Forwarding (1979) xi. 69 Kearney was going to wig out when the expense voucher for $100 worth of cocaine came in.
Derivatives
wigged-out adj.
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the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] > affected by violent emotion
woodc900
reighOE
mada1350
furiousc1374
raginga1425
savagea1450
rageous1486
frenetic?c1550
frantic1561
frenetical1588
impotent1596
transported1600
violent1601
turbulent1609
dementing1729
enfrenzied1823
wild1868
haywire1934
wigged-out1977
1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 152/2 The lunacies..just function as part of a normally wigged-out mode of existence.
1980 San Francisco Bay Guardian 16 Oct. 21/2 It's a barbed, wigged-out satire on hypocrisy and authoritarian therapy via the problem of alcoholism.
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n.31675v.1a1529v.21826- light-grasping
- light-haired
- light-handed
- light-handedness
- light-harnessed
- light-harvesting
- light-hating
- light-headed
- light-headedly
- light-headedness
- light-heart
- light-hearted
- light-heartedly
- light-heartedness
- light-heavy
- light-heavyweight
- light-heeled
- light-heels
- light-hitting
- light-horse-feed
- light-jacketed
- light-land
- light-legged
- light-limbed
- light-loaded