Wiktionary

wig

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/
  • Audio (US)(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.
  4. (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.
  5. (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-West Germanic *wagi, 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

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Romanization edit

wig

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *wīg.

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wīġ n

  1. (poetic or in compounds) war, battle
Declension edit
Declension of wig (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīġ wīg
accusative wīġ wīg
genitive wīġes wīga
dative wīġe wīgum
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Etymology 2 edit

Variant of wēoh.

Noun edit

wīġ m

  1. idol
  2. (in compounds) holy, consecrated
Declension edit
Declension of wig (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīġ wīġ
accusative wīġ wīġ
genitive wīġes wīġa
dative wīġe wīġum
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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
Declension edit
Declension of wīg (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative wīg wīg
accusative wīg wīg
genitive wīges wīgō
dative wīge wīgun
instrumental — —


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
Declension edit
Declension of wig (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative wig wig
accusative wig wig
genitive wiggies wiggiō
dative wiggie wiggium
instrumental — —


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
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