† detressedadj.
Obsolete.
Of hair: Out of ‘tress’ or plait; hanging loose.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > not styled
plainc1330
dishevelled1493
unshed1596
detressed1603
scattered1785
uproarious1836
vagrant1862
unsecured1882
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Rom. Quest. (1892) 22 With their haires detressed and hanging downe loose.
1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 65 Syne come thair four and tuentie madinis ȝing..With hair detressit, as threidis of cold did hing.
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adj.1603- pleasure steamer
- pleasure traffic
- pleasure train
- pleasure trip
- pleasure vehicle
- pleasure vessel
- pleasure visit
- pleasure voyage
- pleasure walk
- pleasure yacht
- pleasure-boating
- pleasure-bound
- pleasure-crazed
- pleasure-crowded
- pleasure-feeling
- pleasure-giving
- pleasure-greedy
- pleasure-hater
- pleasure-land
- pleasure-loving
- pleasure-mad
- pleasure-minded
- pleasure-monger
- pleasure-pain
- pleasure-plat