Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wiggish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wig-gish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a wig.

Example Sentences

"The specialist looked down at the file – thin lips, no make-up, hood-eyes, a wiggish hairdo – then up at them."

Etymology

From wig + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: wig

Inflected Forms

more wiggish (comparative) most wiggish (superlative)

Derived Forms

wiggishness

Questions

What does wiggish mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a wig.
Where does wiggish come from?: From wig + -ish.

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