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bigwig|ˈbɪgwɪg|
[f. big + wig, from the large wigs formerly worn by men of distinction or importance.]
A man of high official standing, or of note or importance. (humorous or contemptuous.) Hence ˈbigwigged ppl. a., wearing officially a big wig; bigˈwiggedness, bigˈwiggery, bigˈwiggism, official display of importance.
a1731E. Ward in Partridge Dict. Slang [context not given]. 1781G. Selwyn Let. in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Commission (1897) App. vi. 526 A new point of discussion for the lawyers, for our big wigs, for their Lordships. 1792Southey Lett. (1856) I. 12 Though those big-wigs have really nothing in them, they look very formidable. 1815Scribbleomania 221 As poet-translator, no big wig ranks stouter. 1865Trollope Belton Est. vii. 75 Some big-wig has come in his way who is going to dine with him. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Channings iii. 17 If any big-wigged Lord Chancellor could take away the money. 1884Athenæum 28 June 831/3 Characteristic big-wiggedness..pervades many of these pages. 1855Househ. Words XII. 250 All this solemn bigwiggery—these triumphs, ovations, sacrifices, orations. 1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. (1878) I. ii. 265, I didn't like..so much empty bigwiggism. 1945Auden Coll. Poetry 121 O beggar, bigwig, mugwump. |