golden-headedadj.
/ˌɡəʊld(ə)nˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld(ə)nˌhɛdəd/ 1. Having a head which is made of gold or golden in colour; esp. (of an object) tipped with gold.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [adjective] > having
headedOE
cop-headed1519
small-headedc1540
jolt-headed1552
chuff-headed1563
ass-headed1584
two-headed1596
golden-headed1598
hard-headed1601
big-headed1614
bicipitous1646
buffle-headed1654
female-headed1655
heavy-headed1684
bullet-headed1699
jolter-headed1748
pinheaded1771
pigheaded1774
thin-headed1804
roundhead1842
bulbous-headed1860
blob-headed1865
occipital1873
fat-headed1883
mesopic1885
peanut-headed1906
dome-headed1910
1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana ii. 192 Entreat..the Amorous God of loue..to wound her, like my selfe, with his golden headed arrow, and hide his leaden one from her.
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 A Golden-headed Harvest.
1799 R. Southey Amatory Poems iv That portly Gentleman With gold-laced hat and golden-headed cane.
1810 R. Polwhele Poems 25 Who steals this waye more hearts Than conquers by his Golden headed darts.
1961 W. Brandford tr. L. Baudin Daily Life Incas ii. 42 Small holes where golden-headed nails were placed.
2010 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Feb. 36 Magnificent golden-headed sunflowers.
2. In the names of animals: having yellowish areas or markings on the head.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having particular kind of head
hammer-headed1567
golden-headed1625
logger-headed1653
stag-headed1683
round-headed1704
dog-headed1750
acanthocephalous1833
pike-headed1859
1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii The golden-headed coracine out of Egypt.
1743 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds I. 39 The Golden-headed Black Tit-mouse.
1859 List Birds Brit. Mus. iii. §2. 14 Playtcercus auriceps. The Golden-headed Parrakeet.
1897 Daily News 23 Apr. 6/5 The rich greens and flame colour and orange in those golden-headed Conures.
1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 37 After covering it [sc. the kill] over with branches to protect it from vultures and goldenheaded eagles I went on to the Rest House.
1995 Freshwater & Marine Aquarium Dec. 100/3 The Golden Headed Goby starves itself to death.
2010 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 11/2 Conservationists want to highlight the plight of species such as the golden headed langur, Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus.
3. Of a person: having blonde or golden hair.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > golden > having
yellow-haired1556
golden-headed1789
xanthocomic1861
1789 W. Hayley Young Widow I. (London ed.) xvi. 200 Observe towards the feet of the ladder a little golden-headed boy.
1897 Coolgardie Mining Rev. 27 Mar. 13/3 He came wooing our golden-headed girl, but the girl is a bit older now.
1974 New York 11 Nov. 106/2 He is a perfect complement to the sparklingly talented, golden-headed six-year-old.
2014 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 9 Feb. 8 A good, golden-headed man.
Compounds
golden-headed tamarin n. (more fully golden-headed lion tamarin) a lion tamarin, Leontopithecus chrysomelas, having mainly black fur and a yellowish mane, found only in Bahia state, north-eastern Brazil.Formerly regarded as a subspecies of the golden lion tamarin, L. rosalia.
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1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. to Primates I. 139 Another species, the Golden-headed Tamarin (M. chrysomelas, of Kuhl),..is in general colour black, with the head, fore-arms, hands, and a line beneath the tail, golden-yellow.
1957 W. C. O. Hill Primates III. 270 Leontocebus chrysomelas (Kuhl, 1820). Golden-headed Tamarin; Black-and-gold Tamarin.
2004 B. Chapais & C. M. Berman Kinship & Behavior in Primates x. 230 Pregnancies resulting from incestuous matings..have been documented in intact captive groups of golden-headed lion tamarins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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