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dreadlocked en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English dreadlock Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dreadlocked From dreadlock + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Wearing dreadlocks.
    • The dreadlocked guitarist played a solo.
    • "Yes! That was awesome!" a dreadlocked game-master cheered, as one girl triumphed in her game of Fantasy Football. 2013 November 25, Lydia DePillis, “Microsoft might be beating Google at retail. No, really.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2025:

Synonyms

ropeheaded

dreadlocked en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English dreadlock Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English dreadlocked From dreadlock + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of dreadlock
    form of dreadlock