wiglike

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adjective

Like a wig.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English wig →
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Meanings

adjectivewiglike (comparative more wiglike, superlative most wiglike)

comparative more wiglike · superlative most wiglike

  1. Like a wig.

    Unlike the kouros, the figure is completely clothed, although both have the same rigid stance, arms by sides, and wiglike hair.

    2005, Lawrence Cunningham with John Reich, Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities, page 43

Origin

  1. Englishwig
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishwiglike

From wig + -like.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wiglike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiglike.

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