wigan

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English

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Etymology

From Wigan (“town in Greater Manchester”).

Noun

wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

  1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
    • 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, volume 8, page 313:
      It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

wigan

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīgan, from Proto-Germanic *wiganą. Cognate with Old High German wīgan, Old Norse vega.

Pronunciation

Verb

wīgan

  1. to fight, make war, do battle

Conjugation

Conjugation of wīgan (strong class 1)
infinitive wīgan wīgenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular wīge wāg, wāh
second person singular wīġst wige
third person singular wīġþ wāg, wāh
plural wīgaþ wigon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular wīge wige
plural wīgen wigen
imperative
singular wīġ
plural wīgaþ
participle present past
wīgende (ġe)wiġen

Derived terms

  • wīg (“fight, battle, war, strife”)
  • wiga (“a fighter, warrior; a man ennobled by his doggedness”)

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