Etymology

haired

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Today it means: Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless. Full definition →

Middle English hered
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromhered
  2. English todayhaired

From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).

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