Judas-haired

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having red hair. not-comparable

    "One of the crowd was a ruddy-faced, red-bearded, Judas-haired fellow, that looked every inch a Fenian, and might have stepped here from the Kilkenny wilds; […]"

Example

More examples

"One of the crowd was a ruddy-faced, red-bearded, Judas-haired fellow, that looked every inch a Fenian, and might have stepped here from the Kilkenny wilds; […]"

Etymology

From a popular belief that Judas Iscariot was red-haired.

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