white-headedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪtˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪtˈhɛdəd/

Forms: see white adj. and n. and headed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., headed adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + headed adj. With the use in names of birds, compare post-classical Latin leucocephalus (1630 or earlier), also in scientific Latin as a specific name of various animals (1766 with reference to the bald eagle, or earlier).

1. Of an animal: having a head that is white or conspicuously marked with white. Frequently in names of birds.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having a white head

white-headed1525

1525 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 11 On whie whiteheded.

1547 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 53 One whittheaded calff.

1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. 113 The white-headed Parrot of Aldrovandus..is ten inches long: The Bill white, and two inches thick.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 260 (heading) Rusty, white-headed, &c. Oriole.

1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. 2 The White-headed or Ceylonese Tantalus, is the largest of the genus.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 14 On the California coast occurs the Whiteheaded or Mottled Grampus, Grampus Stearnsii Dall.

1901 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 175 Of the many animals that the Kenyahs dare not eat or kill..the common white-headed carrion-hawk..is by far the most important.

1962 B. W. Leake Eastern Wheatbelt Wildlife 89 The welcome, fairy and white headed swallows are all migratory.

2001 E. Mayr & J. Diamond Birds Northern Melanesia (facing Pl. 6) Most populations of the species H[alcyon] chloris..are blue-headed, but occasional white-headed individuals occur, and the population H. c. matthiae (depicted) is white-headed.

2. Of a person: white-haired, esp. from age. Also: having very light or fair hair.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > light hair > having

white-headed1571

whitehead1577

fair-haired1598

silver-haired1678

light-haired?1746

blonde-locked1837

tow-headed1850

tow-haired1887

peroxide1899

blondie1905

straw-blond1928

platinum blonde1932

the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > white > having

whiteOE

white-haired?a1425

white-headed1571

whitehead1577

1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste i. xvii. f. 46^v These Aunciente and white headed Fathers shewe them selues none other, then little Babes or Suclinges.

1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. E^v Neere these you shall behold great Heroes, White headed Councellors and Iouiall spirites.

1690 T. Shadwell Amorous Bigotte iii. 23 What, a Reverend white-headed, white-bearded old Gentleman with one foot in the grave, make love to a fine young Lady?

1727 E. Mayhew Indian Converts ii. 80 Men live a giddy Life in Ignorance till they are white-headed.

1779 Literary Fly 3 Apr. 68 Your pie is complete, and old white-headed dusty Time will bake it so carefully that it will keep sweet and fresh in the hottest countries.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxv. 230 A small white-headed boy with a sunburnt face.

1886 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall Sixty Years After 8 This old white-headed dreamer.

1918 Herald Gospel Liberty 3 Oct. 948/2 The door was opened by a liveried butler, salver in hand, just behind whom, in a richly ornamental gown and slippers, stood an old, white-headed gentleman.

1992 D. Allison Bastard out of Carolina i. 11 That your sister? That pretty little white-headed thing? She an't no bigger than a girl.

3. Of waves: capped with foam. Also of the sea: covered with white-crested waves.

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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > white-crested

white-clawed1743

white-headed1780

white-capped1841

whitehead1870

1780 in J. Smith Galic Antiq. 157 The breeze blows towards Morven. Thither is the course of white-headed billows.

1838 Lit. Gaz. 22 Sept. 593/2 The sight of the poor boy buffeting the tops of the white-headed waves..was not to be borne.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii. 161 An angry, white-headed sea.

1909 E. Phillpotts in R.P.A. Ann. (1910) 10 Riotous march of mad, white-headed waves.

1999 C. Voigt Elske vi. 62 Sometimes storms whipped up white-headed waves that roared against the stone seawall.

Compounds

white-headed boy n. a man or boy who is highly regarded or favoured; a pet, a darling; cf. white boy n. 1 and white-haired boy n. at white-haired adj. Compounds.

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1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 74 Wilt thou now let me thy white-headed boy runne barefoote and barelegged without hose and shooes?

1785 J. O'Keeffe Peeping Tom of Coventry ii. 29 My Mammy she call'd me a white headed boy, Because with the girls I lik'd for to toy.

1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. i. 13 He was always her whiteheaded boy, she said,—(imprimis, his hair was as black as jet).

1894 H. Caine Manxman ii. xi. 85 He was always my white-headed boy, and I stuck to him with life.

2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Weekend section) 12 A white-headed boy gone bad.

white-headed duck n. a small stiff-tailed duck, Oxyura leucocephala, of Asia, North Africa, and (rarely) Spain, the male of which has a predominantly white head and a blue bill.

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1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopis. Birds V. 478 White-headed D[uck]... Anas leucocephala... Size of the Mallard. Bill broad, furrowed at the base, and ofa pale blue: head white; crown black.

1868 Ibis 4 329 In the month of March its placid surface was dotted all over by Grebes.., with here and there a White-headed Duck (Erismatura mersa).

1945 Wilson Bull. 57 35 The North American Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is migratory, as is the larger and duller White-headed Duck (0. leucocephala).

2007 Independent 7 Apr. 15/2 The ruddy's proclivity for mating with its indigenous white headed duck threatens that species.

white-headed eagle n. (also white-headed sea eagle, white-headed fishing eagle) any of several white-headed eagles of the genus Haliaeetus; esp. the bald eagle, H. leucocephalus.

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1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 540/1 The leucocephalus, or white-headed eagle of Catesby, is ash Coloured, with the head and tail white.

1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 578/2 Confusion exists between the adults and young of the White-headed Eagle, the latter of which has been erected into a separate species, under the name of the ossifrage or sea-eagle.

1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland vi. 115 The great white-headed eagle passed over head.

1928 C. G. Lane Adventures in Big Bush 207 He was..a full-grown, white-headed Fishing-eagle, of powerful build.

2001 J. Ferguson-Lees & D. A. Christie Raptors of World 400/1 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucophalus... Other names: White-headed Eagle, White-headed Sea Eagle, American Eagle. Preferred names: Bald or White-headed Fish-eagle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	white-headed
释义	white-headedadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈhɛdəd/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and headed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., headed adj. Etymology: < white adj. + headed adj. With the use in names of birds, compare post-classical Latin leucocephalus (1630 or earlier), also in scientific Latin as a specific name of various animals (1766 with reference to the bald eagle, or earlier). 1. Of an animal: having a head that is white or conspicuously marked with white. Frequently in names of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having a white head white-headed1525 1525 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 11 On whie whiteheded. 1547 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 53 One whittheaded calff. 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. 113 The white-headed Parrot of Aldrovandus..is ten inches long: The Bill white, and two inches thick. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 260 (heading) Rusty, white-headed, &c. Oriole. 1824 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. 2 The White-headed or Ceylonese Tantalus, is the largest of the genus. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 14 On the California coast occurs the Whiteheaded or Mottled Grampus, Grampus Stearnsii Dall. 1901 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 175 Of the many animals that the Kenyahs dare not eat or kill..the common white-headed carrion-hawk..is by far the most important. 1962 B. W. Leake Eastern Wheatbelt Wildlife 89 The welcome, fairy and white headed swallows are all migratory. 2001 E. Mayr & J. Diamond Birds Northern Melanesia (facing Pl. 6) Most populations of the species H[alcyon] chloris..are blue-headed, but occasional white-headed individuals occur, and the population H. c. matthiae (depicted) is white-headed. 2. Of a person: white-haired, esp. from age. Also: having very light or fair hair. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > light hair > having white-headed1571 whitehead1577 fair-haired1598 silver-haired1678 light-haired?1746 blonde-locked1837 tow-headed1850 tow-haired1887 peroxide1899 blondie1905 straw-blond1928 platinum blonde1932 the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > white > having whiteOE white-haired?a1425 white-headed1571 whitehead1577 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste i. xvii. f. 46^v These Aunciente and white headed Fathers shewe them selues none other, then little Babes or Suclinges. 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. E^v Neere these you shall behold great Heroes, White headed Councellors and Iouiall spirites. 1690 T. Shadwell Amorous Bigotte iii. 23 What, a Reverend white-headed, white-bearded old Gentleman with one foot in the grave, make love to a fine young Lady? 1727 E. Mayhew Indian Converts ii. 80 Men live a giddy Life in Ignorance till they are white-headed. 1779 Literary Fly 3 Apr. 68 Your pie is complete, and old white-headed dusty Time will bake it so carefully that it will keep sweet and fresh in the hottest countries. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxv. 230 A small white-headed boy with a sunburnt face. 1886 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall Sixty Years After 8 This old white-headed dreamer. 1918 Herald Gospel Liberty 3 Oct. 948/2 The door was opened by a liveried butler, salver in hand, just behind whom, in a richly ornamental gown and slippers, stood an old, white-headed gentleman. 1992 D. Allison Bastard out of Carolina i. 11 That your sister? That pretty little white-headed thing? She an't no bigger than a girl. 3. Of waves: capped with foam. Also of the sea: covered with white-crested waves. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > white-crested white-clawed1743 white-headed1780 white-capped1841 whitehead1870 1780 in J. Smith Galic Antiq. 157 The breeze blows towards Morven. Thither is the course of white-headed billows. 1838 Lit. Gaz. 22 Sept. 593/2 The sight of the poor boy buffeting the tops of the white-headed waves..was not to be borne. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii. 161 An angry, white-headed sea. 1909 E. Phillpotts in R.P.A. Ann. (1910) 10 Riotous march of mad, white-headed waves. 1999 C. Voigt Elske vi. 62 Sometimes storms whipped up white-headed waves that roared against the stone seawall. Compounds white-headed boy n. a man or boy who is highly regarded or favoured; a pet, a darling; cf. white boy n. 1 and white-haired boy n. at white-haired adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 74 Wilt thou now let me thy white-headed boy runne barefoote and barelegged without hose and shooes? 1785 J. O'Keeffe Peeping Tom of Coventry ii. 29 My Mammy she call'd me a white headed boy, Because with the girls I lik'd for to toy. 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. i. 13 He was always her whiteheaded boy, she said,—(imprimis, his hair was as black as jet). 1894 H. Caine Manxman ii. xi. 85 He was always my white-headed boy, and I stuck to him with life. 2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. (Weekend section) 12 A white-headed boy gone bad. white-headed duck n. a small stiff-tailed duck, Oxyura leucocephala, of Asia, North Africa, and (rarely) Spain, the male of which has a predominantly white head and a blue bill. ΚΠ 1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopis. Birds V. 478 White-headed D[uck]... Anas leucocephala... Size of the Mallard. Bill broad, furrowed at the base, and ofa pale blue: head white; crown black. 1868 Ibis 4 329 In the month of March its placid surface was dotted all over by Grebes.., with here and there a White-headed Duck (Erismatura mersa). 1945 Wilson Bull. 57 35 The North American Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is migratory, as is the larger and duller White-headed Duck (0. leucocephala). 2007 Independent 7 Apr. 15/2 The ruddy's proclivity for mating with its indigenous white headed duck threatens that species. white-headed eagle n. (also white-headed sea eagle, white-headed fishing eagle) any of several white-headed eagles of the genus Haliaeetus; esp. the bald eagle, H. leucocephalus. ΚΠ 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 540/1 The leucocephalus, or white-headed eagle of Catesby, is ash Coloured, with the head and tail white. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 578/2 Confusion exists between the adults and young of the White-headed Eagle, the latter of which has been erected into a separate species, under the name of the ossifrage or sea-eagle. 1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland vi. 115 The great white-headed eagle passed over head. 1928 C. G. Lane Adventures in Big Bush 207 He was..a full-grown, white-headed Fishing-eagle, of powerful build. 2001 J. Ferguson-Lees & D. A. Christie Raptors of World 400/1 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucophalus... Other names: White-headed Eagle, White-headed Sea Eagle, American Eagle. Preferred names: Bald or White-headed Fish-eagle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1525
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