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tousle-headed

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having unkempt hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Goren: a native Jerusalemite, a tousle-headed intellectual with the watery blue eyes of a dreamer, and a Jew.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From tousle + headed.