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tressed

American  
[trest] / trɛst /

adjective

  1. (of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.

  2. having tresses (usually used in combination).

    auburn-tressed; golden-tressed.
tressed British  
/ trɛst /

adjective

  1. (in combination) having a tress or tresses as specified

    gold-tressed

    long-tressed
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Origin of tressed

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

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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