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periwign.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French perrucque. Etymology: < Middle French perrucque, perruque peruke n., with alteration of the form and development of a medial vowel, perhaps by folk-etymological association with periwinkle n.1 (see forms at that entry). A parallel borrowing of the same French word is shown by peruke n. Compare wig n.3The reason for the voicing of the final consonant shown by the β. forms is unclear. In sense 2 apparently so called on account of its appearance (see quots. 16342 at sense 2, 1674 at sense 2); influence of periwinkle n.2 seems unlikely. Now archaic and historical. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig α. 1529 (1827) 13 For a perwyke for Sexten the kinges fole. 1538 T. Elyot Galerus,..a pirwike. 1568 F. Knollys Let. to Cecil in (1808) II. 394 She [sc. Mary Seaton] did set sotche a curled Heare upon the Queen [sc. Mary Stuart], that was said to be a Perewyke, that shoed very delycately. ?c1663 B. Whitelocke (1990) 557 He putt on a great perwicke,..which with his unusuall clothes did much disguise him. 1688 R. Holme ii. 463 The sorts of perawicks are, a short bob, a long perawick with side hair.., a grafted wig [etc.]. β. 1578 J. Lyly f. 44 Take from them, their periwiggs, their payntings, [etc.].., and thou shalt soone perceiue that a woman is the least parte of hir selfe.1614 W. Raleigh i. v. iii. §5. 436 He was..glad to vse Perwigs of haire, and false beards of diuers colours.1656 A. Wood (1891) I. 209 I bought me a perewige of my barber, 6s.1667 S. Pepys 29 Mar. (1974) VIII. 136 To a periwig-maker's..and there bought two periwigs, mighty fine.1711 J. Swift 15 Jan. (1948) I. 165 It has cost me three guineas to-day for a periwig.1790 E. Burke 334 They took an old huge full-bottomed perriwig out of the wardrobe of the antiquated frippery of Louis XIV. View more context for this quotation1816 W. Scott II. iv. 107 Lovel had next to part with Oldbuck, who, during this interval, had, with Caxon's assistance, been arranging his disordered periwig.1865 M. E. Braddon i It related to..a time in which men wore fantastically frizzed periwigs upon their heads.1922 J. Joyce ii. xv. [Circe] 534 Professor Goodwin, in a bowknotted periwig, in court dress.1989 A. Dillard vii. 108 It was as if Mozart could move his body through his notes, and you could..see him in periwig and breeches, flying around in the sky.the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering 1589 J. Lyly sig. D Martins conscience hath a periwig; therefore to good men he is more sower than wig. 1596 B. Griffin xlvi. sig. D7v So soone as peeping Lucifer Auroraes starre, The skie with golden perewigs doth spangle. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. iv. 87 About her [sc. Winter's] brows a Periwig of Snowe, Her white Freeze mantle freng'd with Ice belowe. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) i. 77 I left a Vacuity for them. For which Bald Place, the Reader (if so pleased) may provide a Perewake. 1703 R. Neve 59 When a Place is bald of Wood, no Art can make it a Perriwig in hast. 1776 Virginia Almanack May in M. Ierley (1976) ii. 134 Each tree a fine green perriwig puts on. a1842 W. Maginn (1855) II. i. 188 Look out, and see old Arthur's Seat, Dress'd in a periwig of snow. the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal > marine animal > alleged 1634 W. Wood i. ix. 33 The luscious Lobster, with the Crabfish raw, The Brinish Oister, Muscle, Periwigge. 1634 W. Wood i. ix. 35 The Perewig is a kind of fish that lyeth in the oaze like a head of haire, which being touched conveyes it selfe leaving nothing to bee seene but a small round hole. 1674 J. Josselyn (1675) 110 The Perriwig is a shell-fish that lyeth in the Sands flat and round as a shovel-board piece and very little thicker; these at a little hole in the middle of the shell thrust out a cap of hair, but upon the least motion of any danger it drawes it in again. Compounds 1707 5 A Japan Perriwig-box. 1759 11 Oct. He likewise makes double and single fiddle cases, with half round hat cases, fit for travelling, round periwig boxes, and canteens. 1834 T. B. Macaulay (1851) 8 The periwig-company. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > one who 1598 J. Florio A periwig [1611 perwig] or gregorian maker. 1663 4 Feb. George Grey, a Barber and Perrywigge-maker [notifies] that any one having long flaxen hayr to sell may repayr to him. 1748 20 Oct. An Irish servant man, named Hugh Kelly, belonging to Samuel Hodge, of New York, Perriwig maker. 1844 C. J. Lever II. liv. 37 A set of grocers, periwig-makers, umbrella and sausage-men, with portly paunches and spectacles. 1983 23 May 12/1 Samuel Pepys and his wife dropped in one evening on his French periwig-maker's table d'hote in Covent Garden. 1744 W. Ellis Mar. vii. 72 Thetches, when they are sown thick, and grow well, commonly run into a Perriwig Matting Growth. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a wig 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 9 To heare a robustious perwig-pated [1623 Pery-wig-pated] fellowe tere a passion to totters. View more context for this quotation 1768 I. 62 Perriwig-pated heroes, who depende chiefly on their lungs and their robes..for the applause of the audience. 1813 10 May 297/2 Young periwig-pated gentlemen. 1950 3 Oct. 8/4 Mr. Arnold Marié, beautifully crisp and ridiculous as a periwig-pated ecclesiastical lawyer. 2000 (Nexis) 24 Dec. 7 Sometimes these periwig-pated characters hardly exist in the original [book]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). periwigv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: periwig n. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > as with a wig the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > headgear > wig 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas ii. i. 363 To glaze the Lakes, and bridle-vp the Floods, And Perriwig with wooll the bald-pate Woods. 1639 T. Fuller iv. ii. 168 Map-makers, rather then they will have their maps naked and bald, do periwig them with false hair, and fill up the vacuum (especially towards the North) with imaginary places. 1658 T. Bromhall iv. 254 Phœbus's harbinger, did periwigg the horizon with his silver'd locks. 1733 J. Swift 91 Discord periwig'd with snakes. 1825 W. Hone (1826) I. 50 The..ginger-bread bakers periwig a few plum-buns with sugar-frost. a1843 R. Southey (1851) 4th Ser. 258/2 To lard a good story with prettinesses, were like periwigging and powdering the Apollo Belvidere. 1960 J. Barth iii. xi. 645 He was knee-hosed and periwigged like any English gentleman. 1989 (Nexis) 13 Apr. The two main characters are discovered getting buckled, periwigged and pomaded for the outside world. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > make headgear [verb (transitive)] > make a wig 1606 W. Warner xvi. cii. 402 The haire..was perwigged once Hers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1529v.1605 |