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nappyheaded

nappyheaded adjective: of a person, having kinky or tightly curled hair.

Adjective

nappyheaded (comparative more nappyheaded, superlative most nappyheaded)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Of a person, having kinky or tightly curled hair.
    • "Okay. Let me go break the news to Wertham that what he really wants to do is work until closing time instead of laying that nappyheaded high yaller from midnight on."1953, Ann Petry, The Narrows, page 313
    • "Poor, black, nappyheaded," Hayes never knew his father (says, "I haven't seen him since I was 1 ½ years old"), and his mother died when he was very young.1971, Chester Higgins, “Black Moses Of Today's Black Music”, in Jet, volume 39, number 19, page 58

Forms of nappyheaded

comparativemore nappyheaded
superlativemost nappyheaded
alternative formnappy-headed

Origin of nappyheaded

From nappyhead + -ed.

Questions about nappyheaded

What does nappyheaded mean?
Nappyheaded means of a person, having kinky or tightly curled hair.
What part of speech is nappyheaded?
Nappyheaded is an adjective.

Words near nappyheaded in the dictionary

  1. nappy wraps
  2. nappy-headed
  3. nappyful
  4. nappyfuls
  5. nappyhead
  6. nappyheaded
  7. nappyheads
  8. nappying
  9. nappywear
  10. NAPQI
  11. naprapath

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