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redheadedness

noun

Etymology

From redheaded + -ness; also, by surface analysis, red + headedness.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. suffixed as headed — “head + ed”
  7. formed as redheaded — “red + headed”
  8. suffixed as redheadedness — “redheaded + ness”

Definitions

  1. The trait of having red hair on the head (in humans) or red feathers on the head (in…

    The trait of having red hair on the head (in humans) or red feathers on the head (in birds).

    • The finding also suggests that redheadedness would have evolved separately in Neanderthals and humans, at different times and through different genetic variations.

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