peroxidedadj.n.
/pəˈrɒksʌɪdᵻd/, U.S. /pəˈrɑkˌsaɪdᵻd/ 1. Of a person: having hair bleached with or as with peroxide. Also as n.: a person with bleached hair (rare).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > coloured
hennaed1853
blondine1867
blondined1890
peroxided1904
blue-rinsed1936
silver blond1951
blue rinse1959
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > with coloured hair
peroxided1904
bottle1966
1904 Washington Post 3 July ii. 7/2 The noisy, over-dressed, and heavily-painted, peroxided, or Cartered girl.
1910 Baroness Orczy Lady Molly ix. 234 An over-dressed, much behatted, peroxided young woman.
1930 Observer 18 May 15/3 Sylvia whom he loved, and Sylvia's peroxided mamma were agreeable company.
1946 P. G. Wodehouse Joy in Morning iv. 29 What was it? Blackmail? Does he want you to pinch damaging correspondence from the peroxided? Has some quick-thinking adventuress got him in her toils?
1997 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 23/1 Paula Yates, peroxided television presenter and the wife of Bob Geldof.
2. Of hair: treated with or as with peroxide.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > bleached > bleached by specific substance
peroxided1906
sulphured1908
limed1930
1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam x. 71 Miss Vesey had highly peroxided hair and a manner of suspicious dignity.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 205 The hair, peroxided it was.
1992 J. Solnicki Real Me is gonna be Shock i. 4 I glared at the pleased pink face framed in peroxided curls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1904