Thesaurus: periwig
A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.
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Definitions
- n. A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.
- v. t. To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.
- n. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
- A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. Shak. To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. Swift.
- A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, andrepresenting the natural hair; a wig. Shak.
- n. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries