periwigged
Sporting elaborate false hair
Periwigged means wearing a periwig—the formal, often powdered wigs worn by European men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The word typically appears in historical or literary contexts: periwigged judges, periwigged gentlemen of the court.
It evokes an era of elaborate formality and aristocratic pretension.
The seventeen hundreds
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- RococoLavishly ornamented decorative style
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
colonial · Restoration · Regency · aristocracy · court · nobility · powdered · Handel
UK courtroom advocate
- judgeOne who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
bench · advocate · tribunal · horsehair · Old Bailey · chambers · Inns of Court · Lord Chancellor
Clothing for portrayal
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- period dramaStory set in past
- stageRaised performance platform
- AmadeusLover of God
pantomime · farce · dandy · fop · masquerade · opera · commedia · brocade
Affectedly grand in manner
- stuffyLacking fresh air
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- manneredArtificially formal in style
foppish · ostentatious · antiquated · old-fashioned · archaic · fusty · hidebound · stodgy
18th-century
The seventeen hundreds
Enlightenment · colonial · Restoration · Regency · aristocracy · court · nobility · powdered · Handel · Bach
barrister
UK courtroom advocate
- judgeOne who decides
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
courtroom · bench · advocate · tribunal · horsehair · Old Bailey · chambers · Inns of Court · Lord Chancellor · mace
costume
Clothing for portrayal
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- period dramaStory set in past
- stageRaised performance platform
Amadeus · pantomime · farce · dandy · fop · masquerade · opera · commedia · brocade · ruffles
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- stuffyLacking fresh air
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
mannered · foppish · ostentatious · antiquated · old-fashioned · archaic · fusty · hidebound · stodgy · ceremonious