unwigging noun2 •The act of removing a wig from someone.A colonial number at the close had all three dancers out, they being slippered for the first time. The idea of the dance was the unwigging of one of the “girls,” who turned out to be a boy. — 1921 •The act of dismissing someone from a position marked by the wearing of a wig, such as a barrister or judge.Perhaps I should explain the obscure legal process that has to be gone through in the unfrocking, or should I say unwigging, of a barrister. — 1992 formsunwiggings