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bigwiggism

bigwiggism noun: bigwiggery.

Noun

bigwiggism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Bigwiggery.
    • ‘I didn't like what I saw when I was studying there—so much empty bigwiggism, and obstructive trickery.’1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book II, chapter 17

Questions about bigwiggism

What does bigwiggism mean?
Bigwiggism means bigwiggery.
What part of speech is bigwiggism?
Bigwiggism is a noun.

Words near bigwiggism in the dictionary

  1. biguttate
  2. biguttulate
  3. bigwig
  4. bigwigged
  5. bigwiggery
  6. bigwiggism
  7. bigwigism
  8. bigwigs
  9. bigyny
  10. bigyrotropic
  11. bih

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