haired
- 01 B1 Intermediate
used with words like 'dark', 'long', or 'fair' to describe someone's hair.
used in combination with a preceding modifier to describe the characteristics of a person's or animal's hair.
Simple“The fair-haired boy sat in the front row of the classroom.”
In context“The silver-haired gentleman spoke with a quiet authority that commanded the attention of everyone in the boardroom.”
UsageThis word is almost always used as part of a compound adjective, such as 'dark-haired' or 'curly-haired'.
- 02 C2 Proficiency
having hair on the head; not bald.
possessing a natural growth of hair; used as a contrast to being bald or hairless.
Simple“He was a healthy, haired man even in his late eighties.”
In context“The poet described the transition from the thick-haired youth of his memory to the stark baldness of his present reality.”
From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.