different between tressy vs tress

English

Etymology

tress +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??si/

Adjective

tressy (comparative more tressy, superlative most tressy)

1. Abounding in tresses.
   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Martyr

     With tressy wreathings borne upon the air

References

tressy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Streys, Styers, syrtes

English

Etymology

From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (trikhía, “rope”), from ???? (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?s, IPA^(key): /t??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

tress (plural tresses)

1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
2. A long lock of hair
3. (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Derived terms

• mermaid's tresses
• tressful
• tressy

Translations

Verb

tress (third-person singular simple present tresses, present participle tressing, simple past and past participle tressed)

1. To braid or knot hair.

Anagrams

• RTSes, SERTs, TRSes, rests