wiggery

English

Etymology

wig +‎ -ery

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪɡəɹi/
• Homophone: Whiggery

Noun

wiggery (plural wiggeries)

1. (archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.
   • 1868, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:

     There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position.

2. (archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.
   • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts].