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bewigged

American  
[bih-wigd] / bɪˈwɪgd /

adjective

  1. wearing a wig.


Etymology

Origin of bewigged

First recorded in 1765–75; be- + wig + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

At the end of “Air,” director and co-star Ben Affleck, bafflingly bewigged as Nike CEO and co-founder Phil Knight, lies back on his office couch and utters a single word: “equity.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Adams arrived in a fancy new coach, bewigged and be-ruffled but looking underslept and out of sorts.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021

Mr. Glaser designed countless advertisements for New York’s performing arts organizations, but my favorite is this one for the Mostly Mozart Festival, in which the bewigged Austrian tries and fails to suppress a tremendous cold.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020

He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling