tressy

American

[tres-ee] / ˈtrɛs i /

adjective

Archaic.

tressier, tressiest

resembling or having tresses.

Etymology

Origin of tressy

First recorded in 1605–15; tress + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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Though costly and time-consuming, it is possible to straighten the tressy component that adorns the top of your head.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2014

Or you can turn your head toward them and pretend that you are on a photo shoot and have tressy Gisele Bündchen hair.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2014

What was formerly perceived as elegantly tressy is now seen as verging on balding.

From Slate • May 14, 2012

Things haven’t been this implausibly tressy since that period after Cromwell when the British monarchy was restored to the throne.

From Slate • May 14, 2012

And her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead dim;-- Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

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