red-haired

See also: redhaired

English

Alternative forms

• redhaired

Etymology

From red +‎ haired.

Adjective

red-haired (not comparable)

1. having red hair

   Synonym: redheaded

   • 1726, Jonathan Swift, chapter VIII, in Gulliver's Travels‎^[1], Part IV:

     It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.

   • 1961, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, The Odyssey, Book One, Prentice Hall, published 2001, lines 320–22:

     Talk to that noble sage at Pylos, Nestor, / then go to Meneláos, the red-haired king / at Sparta, last man home of all the Akhaians.

Translations

having red hair — see redheaded