dark-haired
dark-haired adjective: having hair of a dark color, usually dark brown.
Adjective
dark-haired (comparative more dark-haired or darker-haired, superlative most dark-haired or darkest-haired)
- Having hair of a dark color, usually dark brown.
- And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between...1866, Luke Owen Pike, “The Evidence of Physical Characteristics”, in The English and Their Origin. A Prologue to Authentic English History., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 145–146
- Perhaps people felt by some form of symbolism or imitative magic that if the very first foot over the threshold was that of a dark-haired man, so might that hearth be safe for a whole year from the marauding Northmen. We listened to the chimes of Big Ben on the radio, and then as the last notes of...1968, Cherry Evans [pseudonym; Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange], Creatures Great and Small, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 88
Forms of dark-haired
| comparative | more dark-haired |
|---|---|
| comparative | darker-haired |
| superlative | most dark-haired |
| superlative | darkest-haired |
| alternative form | darkhaired |
Origin of dark-haired
From dark + haired.
Questions about dark-haired
- What does dark-haired mean?
- Dark-haired means having hair of a dark color, usually dark brown.
- What part of speech is dark-haired?
- Dark-haired is an adjective.
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