Dictionary

black-haired en · ADJ

Etymology

From black + haired.

Meanings

1. Having hair of a black color.
   • Then, the voice of the oldest of the Lay brothers, the leader of the pack, the tallest, the blackest-haired, the bluest-eyed. 2007, Melissa Benn, “1939”, in One of Us, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 31:
   • He smiled, remembering the morning when Esteban and Gregorio, two of his darkest-eyed, blackest-haired and most sunburnt men, had come to him with a daring plan that he’d immediately sanctioned. 2017, Graham Hancock, “Friday 27 May 1520–Saturday 28 May 1520”, in Night of Sorrows (War God; 3), London: Coronet, →ISBN, page 293:
   • Aline looked even smaller and blacker-haired than usual, beside Ashley. 1992, Iain Banks, chapter 9, in The Crow Road, London: Abacus, published 1996, →ISBN, page 221:

Forms

Hypernyms

eumelanic · melanocomous

Synonyms

noirette

Translations (30)

mk црнокос (having black hair) · ga cúldubh (having black hair) · ga dubhfholtach (having black hair) · ru черноволосый (having black hair) · pl czarnowłosy (having black hair) · hu fekete hajú (having black hair) · el μελαχρινός (having black hair) · lv tumšmatains (having black hair) · es pelinegro (having black hair) · ja 黒髪の (having black hair) · es moreno (having black hair) · be чорнавало́сы (having black hair) · enm blak (having black hair) · fi mustatukkainen (having black hair) · de schwatt (having black hair) · ga dubh (having black hair) · sh crnòkos (having black hair) · el μαυρομάλλης (having black hair) · da sorthåret (having black hair) · nl zwartharig (having black hair) · ko 흑발(黒髪)의 (having black hair) · de schwarzhaarig (having black hair) · cs černovlasý (having black hair) · sh црнокос (having black hair) · sv svarthårig (having black hair) · ga ceanndubh (having black hair) · non svartr (having black hair) · gv doo (having black hair) · mk калеш (having black hair) · uk чорноволо́сий (having black hair)