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periwig

  • /ˈpɛɹɪwɪɡ/

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Alteration of Middle French perruque. Doublet of peruke.

noun periwigs

  1. historical A wig, especially any kind of stylized wig as formerly worn by men and women. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundling […]

verb periwigs · periwigging · periwigged

  1. transitive To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig. Discord periwigg'd with snakes

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"periwig." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/periwig. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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periwig. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/periwig

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"periwig." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/periwig.

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@misc{periwig_2026,
  title = {periwig},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/periwig},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}