Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwigging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-wig-ging
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of unwig

noun

The act of removing a wig from someone.

noun

The act of dismissing someone from a position marked by the wearing of a wig, such as a barrister or judge.

Example Sentences

"The frontispiece by Hogarth seems to represent the unwigging and unfrocking of the Author and the tearing of his paper in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor, proctor, and other members of the University […]"
"A colonial number at the close had all three dancers out, they being slippered for the first time. The idea of the dance was the unwigging of one of the “girls,” who turned out to be a boy."
"Perhaps I should explain the obscure legal process that has to be gone through in the unfrocking, or should I say unwigging, of a barrister."

Inflected Forms

unwiggings (plural)

Questions

What does unwigging mean?: present participle and gerund of unwig

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