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darkhaired

darkhaired is the alternative 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)

  1. (hair color) 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

Forms of darkhaired

comparativemore darkhaired
superlativemost darkhaired

Questions about darkhaired

What is darkhaired the alternative form of?
Darkhaired is the alternative form of dark-haired.

Words near darkhaired in the dictionary

  1. darkfall
  2. darkfic
  3. darkfics
  4. darkfield
  5. darkful
  6. darkhaired
  7. Darkhan
  8. darkhearted
  9. darkhorse
  10. darkhorse candidate
  11. darkhorse candidates

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