wig

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Colorful wigs.

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Shortening of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque.

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Rhymes: -ɪɡ

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Singular
wig

Plural
wigs

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.

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Infinitive
to wig

Third person singular
wigs

Simple past
wigged

Past participle
wigged

Present participle
wigging

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.

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

  1. wedge

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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.

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wīġ n.

  1. war, battle
    Oft ic wig seo, frecne feohtan: often I see war, brave men fighting. (AS Riddles)
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Singular Plural
nominative wīġ wīġ
accusative wīġ wīġ
genitive wīges wīga
dative wīge wīgum
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Variant of weoh.

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wīġ m.

  1. idol
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