Unwigging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unwigging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of unwig.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of unwig.
More Meanings
- The act of removing a wig from someone.
- The act of dismissing someone from a position marked by the wearing of a wig, such as a barrister or judge.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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 […]
Word Forms
- unwiggings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unwinding, depilation, undressing, untwisting, unhooking, unhatting.
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