Bagwig vs. Wig — What's the Difference?

A wig with the back hair encased in a small silk sack, worn in the 18th century.

A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

An artificial covering of natural or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.

To scold or censure.

A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.

A bigwig

An old seal.

To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).

To upbraid, reprimand.

To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.

 To shoot in the head.

A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.

An old seal; - so called by fishermen.

To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.

Hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair

British slang for a scolding