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Definition of Tressy
1. a. Abounding in tresses.
Definition of Tressy
1. Adjective. Abounding in tresses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tressy
1. abounding in tresses [adj TRESSIER, TRESSIEST] - See also: tresses
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tressy
Literary usage of Tressy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"When tressy was nearly eight her father ,ind mother made her the subject of
constant conversation, and, although the mother pleaded for something better ..."
2. Holly Berries, Or, Double Acrostics, from the Poets by P. A. A. (1869)
"The rock half sheltered from my view, By pendant boughs of tressy yew ; So shines
my 's forehead fair, Gleaming through her sable hair. ..."
3. A Summary of the Law Relative to Appeals Against Orders of Removal, Against by John Frederick Archbold (1832)
"The court HELD, that this conversation was a sufficient consent on the part of
Weeks to the pauper's serving tressy, and therefore that he gained a ..."
4. The Harp of Caledonia by Joan Struteers (1821)
"O blest were the-moments when first I met tressy, Young tressy, alone, with fond
transport I see; She's the joy of my heart—she's the balm o' tny care— And ..."
5. Books and Habits by Lafcadio Hearn (1921)
"And her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead dim; ... The expression "tressy
forehead" in the second line of the fourth stanza means a forehead ..."
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