Sekirov Dictionary

periwig

/ˈpɛɹɪwɪɡ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

•
(historical) A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
- O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundling […] — 1599

verb1

•
To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig.
- Discord periwigg'd with snakes — 1736

forms

periwigged · periwigging · periwigs

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