carroty, a.
(ˈkærətɪ)
[f. carrot n. + -y1.]
a. Like a carrot in colour, red; said of hair. Also, of persons: red-haired.
| 1696 Tutchin Pind. Ode v. 18 Long was his Chin, and carotty his Beard. 1728 Morgan Algiers I. iv. 106, I have never met with any North-Briton, Dane, or any other, more carotty and freckled. 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. xiv. (1804) 77, I had parted with those carroty locks. 1826 Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. i. 276 Long, carroty hair. 1887 Daily News 9 Dec. 8/5 He was a tall, carroty man. 1912 C. N. & A. M. Williamson Heather Moon iii. 297 The plainest, oldest, and carrotiest of the three red-headed maids. 1947 W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 16 A shock of untidy carroty hair. |
b. Comb. as carroty-haired, carroty-headed, carroty-polled.
| 1795 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Hair Powder Wks. 1812 III. 285 Poor Carroty-polled Phyllis. 1840 Marryat Poor Jack viii, A carroty-headed boy. 1856 Thackeray Christmas Bks. 251 That carroty-haired Angelica. |