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wigg

wigg noun: a kind of cake or bun made with seeds. Also the obsolete spelling of wig.

Noun

wigg (plural wiggs)

  1. A kind of cake or bun made with seeds.
    • Home to the only Lenten supper I have had of wiggs […]and ale.1664 April 17 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 8th, 1664”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume V, London...

Proper noun capitalized: Wigg

Wigg

  1. A surname.

Also used as

wigg is also the obsolete spelling of wig.

Forms of wigg

pluralwiggs
alternative formwig

Origin of wigg

Compare Dutch wegge (“a sort of bread”), German Weck, originally a wedge-shaped loaf or cake. See wedge.

Questions about wigg

What does wigg mean?
Wigg means a kind of cake or bun made with seeds.
What part of speech is wigg?
Wigg can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of wigg?
The plural of wigg is wiggs.

Words near wigg in the dictionary

  1. Wigfall
  2. Wigfalls
  3. Wigfield
  4. wigful
  5. wigfuls
  6. wigg
  7. wigga
  8. Wiggam
  9. Wiggams
  10. wiggas
  11. wiggaz

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