tress
/tɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark."
- "“Mercy! If I had a husband whose business it was to look at women's beautiful eyes, peachy cheeks, and luxurious tresses, I should go crazy! […]”"
- "Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape."
Etymology
From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: tresse, tresce, *trichia, τριχία, Tress