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单词 red-haired
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red-hairedadj.n.

Brit. /ˌrɛdˈhɛːd/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌhɛ(ə)rd/
Forms: see red adj. and n. and haired adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., haired adj.
Etymology: < red adj. + haired adj.
A. adj.
1. That has red or reddish hair.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red > having
redeOE
rousec1400
red-haired?a1513
sandy?1530
red-headed1548
amber-crowneda1586
redhead1664
sandy-pated1687
red-polled1787
sandy-haireda1817
brick-topped1858
Titian-haired1880
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 He wes ane lusty, reid haird lowry.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 322/1 Reed heared, roux, rouse.
1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iii. 31 Worse than the poison of a red hair'd man.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Carrots, Red hair'd People.
1715 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 129 The famous Dr Hammond was a red-hair'd Man.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 1002 [Byssus fulva] Red-haired Byssus. Anglis.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xviii. 294 Is my future friend red-haired?
1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans ii. 110 The tall, red-haired brachycephalic Irishman and Scot.
1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 211 A little red-haired kike like her!
1955 A. MacLean H.M.S. Ulysses xviii. 314 A trim young Wren, red-haired and shirt-sleeved came to the counter.
1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six xxviii. 516 Very fair-skinned and red-haired, a real Paddy, Domingo thought.
2. figurative and poetic, with reference to the sun. Obsolete.
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a1704 T. Brown Divert. Billets to Ladies in Wks. (1708) III. ii. 49 The red-hair'd Chariotteer of the Day, meaning the Sun.
1801 Millennium II. 30 The red-haired Summer blazes through the sky, Phrensied with fever.
1813 W. S. Walker Gustavus Vasa iii. 101 But see! the red-haired sun to ocean bends.
1832 D. M. Ferguson Evan Bane & Other Poems 118 Ask me where the red-haired sun His evening tresses wont to lave.
B. n.
With the. People with red hair, regarded collectively.
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1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. viii. 120 It is observed, that the Red-haired of both Sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest.
1837 Monthly Rev. Apr. 495 The red haired are considered the most handsome in Ireland.
1996 J. Wolff in J. T. Sanders & J. Narveson For & against State vi. 107 Either we must find some particularly salient feature of choice (there are fewer red-haired people, or the red-haired are more valuable) or an acceptable procedure for the choice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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