English

Noun

periwig ‎(plural periwigs)

1. (historical) wig
   • 1607, Cyril Tourneur, The Revenger’s Tragedy:

     Methinks she makes almost as fair a sign / As some old gentlewoman in a periwig.

Verb

periwig ‎(third-person singular simple present periwigs, present participle periwigging, simple past and past participle periwigged)

1. (transitive) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair; to bewig.

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