wig

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Old English 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Declension 3.2.1.2 Related terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Noun 3.3.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Shortening of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭg, IPA: /wɪg/, SAMPA: /wIg/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

Rhymes: -ɪɡ

• Homophones: Whig (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Noun

wig (plural wigs)

1. 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• hairpiece
• toupee, toupe
• peruke

[edit] Derived terms

• bald wig
• bewigged
• fright wig
• wigmaker
• wig out

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to wig (third-person singular simple present wigs, present participle wigging, simple past and past participle wigged)

1. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
2. (colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
3. (colloquial) To become very excitable or emotional; to lose control of one's emotions.

[edit] Related terms

• wig out

[edit] See also

• earwig
• merkin
• periwig
• peruke

[edit] External links

• Wig on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• wig in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

wig m. and f. (plural wiggen, diminutive wiggetje, diminutive plural wiggetjes)

1. wedge

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wi:j/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weik-. Cognate with Old Frisian wig, Old Saxon wig, Old High German wīc, Old Norse víg. The IE root is also the source of Latin vincō, Welsh gwychr, Russian век (vek), Lithuanian veĩkti.

[edit] Noun

wīġ n.

1. war, battle

   Oft ic wig seo, frecne feohtan: often I see war, brave men fighting. (AS Riddles)

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīġ	wīġ
accusative	wīġ	wīġ
genitive	wīges	wīga
dative	wīge	wīgum

[edit] Related terms

• wiga

[edit] Etymology 2

Variant of weoh.

[edit] Noun

wīġ m.

1. idol

[edit] Derived terms

• wīġweorþung