periwigged

1. 1.

   wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries

   Synonymsperuked

   Similarwigged

Questions about periwigged

What does periwigged mean?

periwigged means "wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries".

How many syllables are in periwigged?

periwigged has 3 syllables: peri-wig-ged. The stress falls on "peri".

What is another word for periwigged?

Close synonyms include peruked. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is periwigged a common word?

periwigged is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.