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bed-headed en · ADJ

Etymology

From bedhead + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) Having bedhead.
    • William and a bed-headed Harry were joshing around at the altar like Luke and Han. 2012 Apr, Caitlin Moran, The Times:
    • Amidst the aseptically-perfumed bare functionality, typifying a hospital ward, a pretty and petite elfin teenage girl stirs – tawny hair all tousled and bed-headed, lips full yet petulant. 2009, Garth P Toyntanen, Institutionalized 2, page 11:

Forms

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most bed-headed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bed-headed Degree=Cmp lexicographic