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wiggish

wiggish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a wig.

Adjective

wiggish (comparative more wiggish, superlative most wiggish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wig.
    • The specialist looked down at the file – thin lips, no make-up, hood-eyes, a wiggish hairdo – then up at them.2015, Stuart Evers, Your Father Sends His Love, page 161

Forms of wiggish

comparativemore wiggish
superlativemost wiggish

Origin of wiggish

From wig + -ish.

Words formed from wiggish

Questions about wiggish

What does wiggish mean?
Wiggish means resembling or characteristic of a wig.
What part of speech is wiggish?
Wiggish is an adjective.

Words near wiggish in the dictionary

  1. wigging out
  2. wiggings
  3. wiggins
  4. Wigginton
  5. Wiggintons
  6. wiggish
  7. wiggishness
  8. wiggle
  9. wiggle dress
  10. wiggle dresses
  11. wiggle out of

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