untressed

English

Etymology 1

un- +‎ tressed

Adjective

untressed (not comparable)

1. Loose, not in tresses.
   • 1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The Dawn in Britain:

     With bosom loosely knit and untressed locks

   • 2004, Catherine Richardson, Clothing Culture, 1350-1650:

     The headbands were worn on the forehead and fastened behind, so the top of the head was open and untressed hair flowed down the back.

Etymology 2

Verb

untressed

1. simple past and past participle of untress

Anagrams

• sederunts, sunderest, undersets

Middle English

Adjective

untressed

1. untressed, loose, not in tresses
   • 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     Hir heris han they kembd, that lay untressed