trɪ adjective
belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
Origin:
1855–60; < Neo-Latin Ulotrich(i) (plural) formerly a name for a division of mankind (< Greek oulótrichos (singular) curly-haired, equivalent to oûlo(s) thick, fleecy + -trichos -haired, derivative of thríx hair + -ous
1855–60; < Neo-Latin Ulotrich(i) (plural) formerly a name for a division of mankind (< Greek oulótrichos (singular) curly-haired, equivalent to oûlo(s) thick, fleecy + -trichos -haired, derivative of thríx hair + -ous
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| —adj | |
| having woolly or curly hair | |
| [C19: from New Latin Ulotrichī (classification applied to humans having this type of hair), from Greek oulothrix, from oulos curly + thrix hair] | |
| u'lotrichy | |
| —n | |
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