shockheadedadj.
/ˌʃɒkˈhɛdᵻd/, /ˈʃɒkˌhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌʃɑkˈhɛdəd/, /ˈʃɑkˌhɛdəd/ Having a thick shock of hair; having hair which sticks up or out. Also in extended use.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > bushy, thick > having
shaggeda1000
roughOE
thick-hairedc1405
busheda1513
bush-haired1530
maned1530
bush-headed1552
shack-haired1555
mop-headed?1566
shag-haired1577
shag-hair1584
shaggyc1590
rug-headed1597
hirsute1621
hobby-headeda1625
shock1681
shocky1698
shock-head1842
tousled-headed1860
tousle-haired1880
flock-headed1891
thick-piled1976
1740 E. King Let. 20 Nov. in J. Martyn tr. Virgil Georgicks (1741) (end matter) 2 The meaning is rather rough or shock headed than large.
1773 ‘Michael Angelo’ Drawing School v. 18 It is difficult to say, whether this little Fellow's Head wants combing, or whether he is naturally what we call shock-headed.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 174 He was a wild shock-headed looking animal.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. xi. 200 Two small shock-headed children were lying prone and resting on their elbows.
1899 R. Bridges Idle Flowers in Poet. Wks. (1912) 353 Shock-headed Dandelion, That drank the fire of the sun.
1975 S. Perelman Vinegar Puss 95 Then one of their number, a shockheaded, pugnacious character who introduced himself as Mark Silver, the Daily Worker columnist, spoke up.
2012 Times 25 Apr. (Times2 section) 12/4 Six crack female musicians, including beehived backing singer Ruby Amanfu and shock-headed organist Brooke Waggoner.
Compounds
shockheaded Peter n. now rare a person resembling the character shockheaded Peter in having hair which sticks up or out.Shockheaded Peter is the English translation of Struwwelpeter, the title character in Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter (1845) a German picture book containing cautionary poems for children (see quot. 1848 and Struwwelpeter n.).
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > bushy or thick > person having
touslehead1900
Struwwelpeter1909
1848 tr. H. Hoffmann Eng. Struwwelpeter 2 Any thing to me is sweeter Than to see Shock-headed Peter.]
1875 Funny Folks 6 Mar. 100/4 A great shock-headed Peter of a boy.
1901 Evening News (Portsmouth) 28 Mar. 4/3 But as it is impossible to conceive of a London drawing-room filled with shock-headed Peters, barbers are now recommending their customers not to adhere so strictly to one fashion of parting.
1962 Guardian 26 Mar. 6/1 A ‘comb’ which is supposed to dry while combing, which it does, but makes this tester, at least, into a fine Shock-headed Peter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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adj.1740