bedhead
noun/ˈbɛd.hɛd/
Etymology
From Middle English bed-head, bedhede (also as beddeshed, beddes hede, beddes heed), equivalent to bed + head.
- inherited from bed-head
Definitions
The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from…
The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
- Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […]
- She always came to the office late because she was an INSOMNIAC, lewd grin, bedhead, and miniskirt, the CEO laughing his head off down the hallway, old word style, but new to have this dirty kind of hilarious brunette.
A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
- Holonyms: bedstead; bedframe (sometimes comeronymous)
- […] upon this he went up stairs in his shirt, and found the boy hanging in his belt to the staple within the bed-head, and no higher than would admit him to be on his knees, having only his shirt on.
- Feeling slightly ashamed of himself, he sat up against the bedhead.
The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.
- She turned off the bed-head light in this tiny, low-ceiled rolling home of hers, raised the curtain and watched the specks of light streak by.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bedhead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA