tressed

[ trest ]

adjective

1. (of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
2. having tresses (usually used in combination):

   auburn-tressed; golden-tressed.

tressed

/ trɛst /

adjective

1. in combination having a tress or tresses as specified

   long-tressed

   gold-tressed

Other Words From

• un·tressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tressed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; tress, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Ginger people are back in the spotlight as the fashion world embraces Titian-tressed models for fall.

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Homer (Odyssey, v. 390) speaks of “the fair-tressed Dawn,” εὐπλόκαμος Ἠώς.

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As man is usually ruled by contrast, this was probably the reason why he loved the dark-tressed, brown-eyed Pauline.

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The eager charioteers stand round and pat their chests with clapping hollowed hands, and comb their tressed manes.

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And why was that brown-tressed head with its hidden face bowed down in that other room, in an agony of sorrow?

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Tressed, having tresses: formed into tresses or ringlets: curled; Tress′y, pertaining to tresses, like tresses.

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