a. [f. WIG sb.3 + -Y1.] Wearing, or distinguished by, a wig, bewigged; sometimes implying ‘extremely grave, formal, or ceremonious.’
1817. Maria Edgeworth, Harrington, vi. And there’s our old apothecary … has taken such a fancy to her! But he’s too old and wiggy.
1822. Blackw. Mag., XII. 198. Those of the wisest and wig-iest members of the fraternity.
1840. Mrs. Gore, in New Monthly Mag., LX. 51. Powdered footmen and wiggy body-coachmen.
1884. Athenæum, 21 Oct., 473/3. Mr. Kendal, though his get-up is a little ‘wiggy,’ remains excellent as Philippe Derblay.
