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carroty, a.|ˈkærətɪ|
[f. carrot n. + -y1.]
a. Like a carrot in colour, red; said of hair. Also, of persons: red-haired.
1696Tutchin Pind. Ode v. 18 Long was his Chin, and carotty his Beard. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iv. 106, I have never met with any North-Briton, Dane, or any other, more carotty and freckled. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xiv. (1804) 77, I had parted with those carroty locks. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. i. 276 Long, carroty hair. 1887Daily News 9 Dec. 8/5 He was a tall, carroty man. 1912C. N. & A. M. Williamson Heather Moon iii. 297 The plainest, oldest, and carrotiest of the three red-headed maids. 1947W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 16 A shock of untidy carroty hair.
b. Comb. as carroty-haired, carroty-headed, carroty-polled.
1795Wolcott (P. Pindar) Hair Powder Wks. 1812 III. 285 Poor Carroty-polled Phyllis. 1840Marryat Poor Jack viii, A carroty-headed boy. 1856Thackeray Christmas Bks. 251 That carroty-haired Angelica. |