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Definition of Periwigged
1. Adjective. Wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Definition of Periwigged
1. Adjective. Wearing a periwig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periwigged
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periwigged
Literary usage of Periwigged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... and so be-periwigged." Congreve's Love for Love, act v. scene 1, p. 229 A.
In 1684 Dr. Hans Sloane writes from London, "I have been told by several that ..."
2. Omitted Chapters of the History of England from the Death of Charles I to by Andrew Bisset (1867)
"But it is hardly necessary to go beyond the periwigged face of this cavalier hero
to see that he was not a great man; for it is a face which has little or ..."
3. The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1913)
"... periwigged predecessor had retired from trade) at once set every nerve of her
body in responsive and tumultuous vibration. The crisis was upon her! ..."
4. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, John Albert Macy, Annie Sullivan (1905)
"artificial, periwigged compositions. Then, perhaps, my own thoughts and experiences
will come to the surface. Meanwhile I trust and hope and persevere, ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"In the meantime this periwigged, lace-trimmed, silk-stockinged paragon conducts
himself in a manner quite in accordance with the author's preface. ..."
6. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1904)
"... laurelled, helmeted, and periwigged, from Julius the conqueror of Gaul to
Joseph the partitioner of Poland, was to those generations not an article of ..."
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