wiglomeration

English

Etymology

Blend of wig +‎ agglomeration, in reference to the wigs traditionally worn in the legal profession.

Noun

wiglomeration (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Complex legal wrangling.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
      Rick mistrusts and suspects me—goes to lawyers, and is taught to mistrust and suspect me. Hears I have conflicting interests, claims clashing against his and what not. Whereas, heaven knows that if I could get out of the mountains of wiglomeration on which my unfortunate name has been so long bestowed […] I would do it this hour.
    • 2016, Johnny Rodger, The Hero Building: An Architecture of Scottish National Identity, page 162:
      Once again, however, wiglomeration confounded the completion of this would-be 'cloistered and undisturbed vale of death', for the Trustees of some other smaller parts of the legacy […] again challenged the will.
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