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Definition of wig noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wig

noun
 
/wɪɡ/
 
/wɪɡ/
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  1. a piece of artificial hair that is worn on the head, for example to hide the fact that a person is bald, to cover somebody’s own hair, or by a judge and some other lawyers in some courts of law
    • Do you think she was wearing a wig?
    • The wig seemed to perch on his head.
    • Who's that man in the wig?
    Topics Appearancec1, Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blond
    • Afro
    • curly
    verb + wig
    • have on
    • sport
    • wear
    preposition
    • in a/​the wig
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    Word Originnoun late 17th cent.: shortening of periwig.
See wig in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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