Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

judas-haired

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: ju-das-haired
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having red hair.

Example Sentences

"One of the crowd was a ruddy-faced, red-bearded, Judas-haired fellow, that looked every inch a Fenian, and might have stepped here from the Kilkenny wilds; […]"

Etymology

From a popular belief that Judas Iscariot was red-haired.

Questions

What does judas-haired mean?: Having red hair.
Where does judas-haired come from?: From a popular belief that Judas Iscariot was red-haired.

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