Periwig vs. Wig — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Periwig and Wig
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Periwig
A wig, especially a peruke.
Wig
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.
Periwig
A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
Wig
An artificial covering of natural or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.
Periwig
(transitive) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig.
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Wig
To scold or censure.
Periwig
A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.
Wig
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.
Periwig
To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.
Wig
A bigwig
Periwig
Wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries
Wig
An old seal.
Wig
To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
Wig
To upbraid, reprimand.
Wig
To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.
That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging.
Wig
To shoot in the head.
Wig
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.
Wig
An old seal; - so called by fishermen.
Wig
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
Wig
Hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
Wig
British slang for a scolding
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