wiggyadj.
/ˈwɪɡi/ 1. [ < wig n.3 + -y suffix1.] Wearing, or distinguished by, a wig, bewigged; sometimes implying ‘extremely grave, formal, or ceremonious’.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper > strictly proper
nicec1387
formal?1518
point-devicea1529
ceremonious1553
ceremonial1579
squarec1590
square-toeda1797
wiggy1817
nicey1859
uptight1969
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [adjective]
cheveluredc1485
wiggy1817
horse-haired1887
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. vi. 121 And there's our old apothecary..has taken such a fancy to her, but he's too old and wiggy.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 198 Those of the wisest and wig-iest members of the fraternity.
1840 Mrs. Gore in New Monthly Mag. 60 51 Powdered footmen and wiggy body-coachmen.
1884 Athenæum 21 Oct. 473/3 Mr. Kendal, though his get-up is a little ‘wiggy’, remains excellent as Philippe Derblay.
2. [ < wig v.2 3] Mad, crazy, ‘freaky’. U.S. slang.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky
fantastical1531
odd1577
eccentric1685
fanaticized1827
cranky1850
bee-bonneted1856
cornery1887
screwy1887
kinky1889
crankish1892
ratty1895
batchy1898
batsc1901
batty1903
potty1920
offbeat1922
off-centre1930
wacky1935
screwball1936
up the creek1941
oddball1945
wackadoo1958
kooky1959
wiggy1963
flaky1964
nutball1968
woo-woo1971
wacko1977
off-kilter1985
wackadoodle1993
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1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xxii. 96 I just got some new jazz records from the States, Ace. Pretty wiggy.
1972 Last Whole Earth Catal. (Portola Inst.) 31/1 Traditionally considerations such as his—economics, organizations, the future—turn a prophet's soul terrible and dark or at least partially wiggy.
1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. Nov. 26/2 ‘Poor devil,’ she added, ‘he blew the star's fuse when we went wiggy for the Thin Man on a cross.’
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