periwig
A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
historical
offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundling […]
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Where it comes from
Alteration of Middle French perruque. Doublet of peruke.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry periwig (CC BY-SA 4.0).