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headhigh

adj

Etymology

From head + high.

  1. derived from *kewk-✻ — “to bend; crooked”
  2. inherited from *hauhaz✻ — “high”
  3. inherited from *hauh✻ — “high”
  4. inherited from hēah — “high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”
  5. inherited from high
  6. compounded as headhigh — “head + high”

Definitions

  1. Tall so as to reach one's head.

    • The house was painted crimson and a headhigh brick wall stretched out and closed in the backyard and a single light shined in an upstairs window.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA