fairhaired
fairhaired is the alternative 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)
- 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
- 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
Forms of fairhaired
| comparative | more fairhaired |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fairhaired |
Questions about fairhaired
- What is fairhaired the alternative form of?
- Fairhaired is the alternative form of fair-haired.
Words near fairhaired in the dictionary
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