Haired
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of hair form-of, participle, past
- 1 Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
"It was pointed at the tip, and whilst its dorsum was haired the opposite surface was hairless, hollowed out into a concha and directed forwards and outwards."
- 2 Bearing some specific type of hair. in-compounds
"He had never walked anywhere arm-in-arm with Colonel Wallis (who was a fine military figure, though sandy-haired) without observing that every woman's eye was upon him; every woman's eye was sure to be upon Colonel Wallis."
- 1 having or covered with hair wordnet
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More examples"It was pointed at the tip, and whilst its dorsum was haired the opposite surface was hairless, hollowed out into a concha and directed forwards and outwards."
Etymology
From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).
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