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fairest-haired

fairest-haired is the superlative form of fair-haired.

Meaning of fair-haired

Adjective

fair-haired (comparative more fair-haired or fairer-haired, superlative most fair-haired or fairest-haired)

  1. Having fair hair.
    • Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, / Now, while the sun rests on the mountains, light / Thy bright torch of love!1783, William Blake, “To the Evening Star”, in W. H. Stevenson, editor, Blake: The Complete Poems, 3rd edition, Routledge, published 2007, page 6
    Synonyms:
    blond
  2. Given special treatment as a favorite.
    • Not noticeably belonging to any one group is often upsetting, and these feelings of isolation, of not fitting in, easily carry over into adolescence—a time when everyone, even the fairest-haired among us, must struggle awfully hard just to seem seminormal.1997, Sandra Scarry, John Scarry, The Writer’s Workplace: Paragraphs to Essays; Building College Writing Skills, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, →ISBN, page 531
    Synonyms:
    blue-eyed

Questions about fairest-haired

What is fairest-haired the superlative form of?
Fairest-haired is the superlative form of fair-haired.

Words near fairest-haired in the dictionary

  1. fairer sex
  2. fairer-haired
  3. fairer-skinned
  4. faires
  5. fairest
  6. fairest-haired
  7. fairest-skinned
  8. Fairey
  9. Fairey-Youngman flap
  10. Faireys
  11. Fairfax

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