darker-haired
darker-haired is the comparative form of dark-haired.
Meaning of dark-haired
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
Questions about darker-haired
- What is darker-haired the comparative form of?
- Darker-haired is the comparative form of dark-haired.
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