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wiggy, a.|ˈwɪgɪ|
1. [f. wig n.3 + -y1.] Wearing, or distinguished by, a wig, bewigged; sometimes implying ‘extremely grave, formal, or ceremonious’.
1817M. Edgeworth Harrington vi, And there's our old apothecary..has taken such a fancy to her! But he's too old and wiggy. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 198 Those of the wisest and wig-iest members of the fraternity. 1840Mrs. Gore in New Monthly Mag. LX. 51 Powdered footmen and wiggy body-coachmen. 1884Athenæum 21 Oct. 473/3 Mr. Kendal, though his get-up is a little ‘wiggy’, remains excellent as Philippe Derblay.
2. [f. wig v.2 3.] Mad, crazy, ‘freaky’. U.S. slang.
1963L. Deighton Horse under Water xxii. 96, I just got some new jazz records from the States, Ace. Pretty wiggy. 1972Last Whole Earth Catalog (Portola Inst.) 31/1 Traditionally considerations such as his—economics, organizations, the future—turn a prophet's soul terrible and dark or at least partially wiggy. 1978Amer. Poetry Rev. Nov./Dec. 26/2 ‘Poor devil,’ she added, ‘he blew the star's fuse when we went wiggy for the Thin Man on a cross.’ |