red-haired
See also: redhaired
English
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editred-haired (not comparable)
- having red hair
- Synonym: redheaded
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, chapter VIII, in Gulliver's Travels[1], Part IV:
- It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.
- 1961, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, The Odyssey, Book One, Prentice Hall, published 2001, lines 320–22:
- Talk to that noble sage at Pylos, Nestor, / then go to Meneláos, the red-haired king / at Sparta, last man home of all the Akhaians.
Translations
edithaving red hair — see redheaded