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wiggery

/ˈwɪɡəɹi/

wiggery noun: a wig or wigs; false hair.

Noun

wiggery (plural wiggeries)

  1. (archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.
    • There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position.1868, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
  2. (archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.
    • Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts].1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Forms of wiggery

pluralwiggeries

Origin of wiggery

From wig + -ery.

Questions about wiggery

What does wiggery mean?
Wiggery means a wig or wigs; false hair.
What part of speech is wiggery?
Wiggery is a noun.
How do you pronounce wiggery?
Wiggery is pronounced /ˈwɪɡəɹi/.
What is the plural of wiggery?
The plural of wiggery is wiggeries.

Words near wiggery in the dictionary

  1. wigged-out
  2. wigger
  3. wiggeries
  4. wiggerish
  5. wiggers
  6. wiggery
  7. wiggier
  8. wiggiest
  9. Wiggin
  10. wigging
  11. wigging on to

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