wig

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See also: WIG and wīǵ

English[edit]

Colorful wigs.

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: wĭg, IPA(key): /wɪɡ/
  • (file)

Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun[edit]

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.
  2. A bigwig
  3. (dated, among fishermen) An old seal.

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Verb[edit]

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. (transitive, colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, slang) 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.
  4. (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot in the head.
    • 2020, CR1 of Hoxton (lyrics and music), “EC1 Block Bully”‎[1], 1:26:
      And I don't know nothin bout slippin
      Zombie killer or rambo twinnin
      Or a long pole like scaffold
      Just tryna rise and aim and wig him

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Interjection[edit]

wig

  1. (LGBT, Internet slang) An expression of shock. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch wig.

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Noun[edit]

wig (plural wîe)

  1. wedge
  2. quoin

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch wegghe, from Old Dutch *weggi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.

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Noun[edit]

wig f (plural wiggen, diminutive wiggetje n)

  1. wedge
    Synonyms: keg, keil, spie

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Descendants[edit]

  • Jersey Dutch: wäx, wäxxi

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

wig

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *wīg.

Noun[edit]

wīġ n

  1. (poetic or in compounds) war, battle
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Etymology 2[edit]

Variant of wēoh.

Noun[edit]

wīġ m

  1. idol
  2. (in compounds) holy, consecrated
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Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *wīg, from Proto-Germanic *wīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Noun[edit]

wīg n

  1. war, battle
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *wigi, from Proto-Germanic *wigją, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (to carry; move; transport; ride).

Noun[edit]

wig n

  1. horse, steed
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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English wig.

Noun[edit]

wig m or f (plural wigiau or wigs, not mutable)

  1. wig

Mutation[edit]

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies