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longhair

noun

Etymology

From long + hair.

  1. inherited from here
  2. derived from *kes-✻ — “to scrape, comb”
  3. inherited from *hērą✻ — “hair”
  4. inherited from *hār✻
  5. inherited from hǣr
  6. inherited from her
  7. compounded as longhair — “long + hair”

Definitions

  1. A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian,…

    A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.

    • dismissed as just another band of longhairs at the height of longhair bands
    • Health Food stores began displaying posters saying things like: “The American Indian, You Know, Walked!” It became a common sight to see longhairs and their chicks striding along purposefully eating maize-on-the-cob.

  2. A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.

  3. A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A cat with hair longer than the norm.

    2. Concerning or characteristic of classical music.

      • I would rather see a musical, but my wife, who loves longhair music, is dragging me to the symphony again.

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Derived

American longhair, Asian Semi-longhair, Russian longhair

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