Periwig (noun)
pe-ri-wig
A highly styled wig worn formerly as a fashionable headdress by both women and men and retained by judges and barristers as part of their professional dress.
Early 16th century alteration of peruke, with -wi- representing the French -u- sound.
Example sentences
“The periwig, adopted from the French, helped enhance dignity as well as having practical uses like the reduction of lice.”
