"headhair" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: headhairs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *heed-heer, from Old English hēafodhǣr (“hair of the head, headhair”), equivalent to head + hair. Cognate with Dutch hoofdhaar (“headhair”), German Haupthaar (“headhair”), Danish hovedhår (“headhair”), Swedish huvudhår (“headhair”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*heed-heer}} Middle English *heed-heer, {{inh|en|ang|hēafodhǣr||hair of the head, headhair}} Old English hēafodhǣr (“hair of the head, headhair”), {{compound|en|head|hair}} head + hair, {{cog|nl|hoofdhaar||headhair}} Dutch hoofdhaar (“headhair”), {{cog|de|Haupthaar||headhair}} German Haupthaar (“headhair”), {{cog|da|hovedhår||headhair}} Danish hovedhår (“headhair”), {{cog|sv|huvudhår||headhair}} Swedish huvudhår (“headhair”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} headhair (usually uncountable, plural headhairs)
  1. Hair which grows on the head. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: fax, head-hair, head hair

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1967, The Transatlantic review",
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