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Afro-wig

Afro-wig

7.2
A wig of tight, thick curls that makes hair look big and round
  • noun
  • /ˈæfroʊ wɪɡ/
translation icon : peluca afro
  • At the theater, the actors donned exaggerated afro-wigs to portray characters from the era.

So they'd have sort of Afro wigs or moustaches or whatever to sort of dress them up.

Examples

  • For the costume party, she wore a vibrant afro-wig that perfectly matched her colorful outfit.

  • He completed his 70s disco look with a fluffy afro-wig that had everyone dancing to the music.

  • So they'd have sort of Afro wigs or moustaches or whatever to sort of dress them up.

    Dodge Woodall

Synonyms

wig
vsAfro-wig
220 1.3

A fake hair covering for the whole head used to hide hair loss or for acting and fashion

is a narrower style that imitates thick tightly curled hair

Surface Forms

Afro-wig singular
Afro-wigs plural

Morphology

Afro-wig = Afro + wig (transparent) = Afro + wig

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'Afro' (the hairstyle) and 'wig' (artificial hair), so learners knowing both parts can infer the word.

Etymology

Afro-wig comes from Afro, a short word for the round, tightly curled hairstyle that became popular in the 1960s and shows pride in hair 'from Africa', and wig, a piece of 'artificial hair'. So, an Afro-wig is a wig made to look like an Afro.