jaseyn.
/ˈdʒeɪzi/ A humorous or familiar name for a wig, esp. one made of worsted.
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Rogerian1597
Gregorian1598
Chedreux1678
vallancy1684
spencer17..
nightcap wig1709
Adonis1734
pigeon wing1753
grizzle1755
tête1756
bag-wig1760
negligent1762
jasey1789
bushel-wig1794
Brutus1798
scalp1802
Brown Georgea1845
sheitel1890
fright wig1904
katsura1908
neck-roll1920
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 172 Wig. Jasey.
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 8 Dash my jasey, if I wasn't threatened with the pillory.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vii. 204 The old gentleman in the flaxen jazy.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Jasey, a contemptuous name for a wig, or even a bushy head of hair, as if the one were actually, and the other apparently, made of Jersey yarn, of which this is the common corrupt pronunciation.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 565 A..gentleman in waiting, in a brown jasey and a green coat covered with orders.
1899 W. Besant Orange Girl ii. xviii. 335 He wore the old jasey with a broken pigtail.
Derivatives
jaseyed adj. /ˈdʒeɪzɪd/ wigged.
/ˈdʒeɪzɪd/ wigged.ΘΚΠ
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periwig-pated1604
periwigged1606
peruked1632
wigged1777
bewigged1851
jaseyed1883
1883 L. Wingfield Abigel Rowe I. ix. 203 Was ever jaseyed person so perfidious?
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