windsweptadj.
/ˈwɪn(d)swɛpt/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌswɛpt/ 1. Exposed to strong winds. Also: blown or swept by the wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blown (upon) by wind
windyOE
yblowe1377
blown1552
wind-blown1593
weather-blown?1611
breezy1717
gusty1726
windswept1791
breeze-swept1872
blastful1883
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad viii, in Iliad & Odyssey I. 208 I hoped, this evening,..to have return'd To wind-swept Ilium [Gk. Ἴλιον ἠνεμόεσσαν].
1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. lxviii. 50 From Cellardyke to wind-swept Pittenweem.
1882 W. Allan After-toil Songs 15 Up on the wind-swept bridge the sea-beaten captain stood, Scanning the black rack's lour.
1943 Triumphs of Engin. 172/2 Working conditions..on the wind-swept, snow-covered mountain-side were intolerable.
2005 Canad. Geographic Jan. 52/1 They [sc. bison] are being pushed..into their new home, 1,200 hectares of rolling native grassland atop a high, windswept plateau.
2. Having a disordered or untidy appearance such as may be caused by exposure to a strong wind; designating such an appearance. Often spec. with reference to hair which has been styled to give it the appearance of having been blown by the wind (cf. windblown bob n. at wind n.1 Compounds 2).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style
Frenched1762
stivereda1855
roached1856
wisped1922
marcel-waved1923
windswept1931
picky1935
Jesus1938
upswept1938
swept-up1948
bouffant1955
headphone1965
scraped-back1970
1931 Derby Daily Tel. 6 June (Late Final ed.) 4/4 Here is a man with the blue of the seas in his eyes, and that curious ‘windswept’ look so unmistakable in deep-sea sailors.
1932 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 9/5 Curls have ousted points of straight hair, and the old windswept hair is dead.
1934 Sydney Morning Herald 5 Apr. (Women's Suppl.) 5/1 (caption) She..has wrapped her slim figure..in a mole velvet knee-length coat with rather a windswept cut about it.
1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xvi. 280 The ‘windswept’ coiffure came over from Paris in 1931... The hair was cut short, brushed forward with a swirling movement.
1995 H.-J. Rahlens Becky Bernstein goes Berlin (1997) 238 I ran my fingers through my hair for a natural, windswept look.
2011 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 4 May 10 You can forgive former country starlet turned songstress-in-her-own-right Shelby Lynne for looking somewhat windswept as she takes to The Lowry stage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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