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red-haired

red-haired adjective: having red hair.

Adjective

red-haired (not comparable)

  1. Having red hair.
    • It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.1726, Jonathan Swift, chapter VIII, in Gulliver's Travels, Part IV
    • Talk to that noble sage at Pylos, Nestor, / then go to Meneláos, the red-haired king / at Sparta, last man home of all the Akhaians.1961, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, The Odyssey, Book One, Prentice Hall, published 2001, lines 320–22
    Synonyms:
    redheaded, rouse

Synonyms of red-haired

Forms of red-haired

alternative formredhaired

Origin of red-haired

From red + haired.

Questions about red-haired

What does red-haired mean?
Red-haired means having red hair.
What part of speech is red-haired?
Red-haired is an adjective.

Words near red-haired in the dictionary

  1. red-green colour blindness
  2. red-green-brown alliance
  3. red-green-brown alliances
  4. red-greens
  5. red-gum
  6. red-haired
  7. red-handed
  8. red-handedly
  9. red-handedness
  10. red-headed
  11. red-headed Eskimo

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