dreadlocks
English
/ˈdɹɛdlɒks/
plural noun
Definitions
- A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.
Etymology
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks compound from English dread + English locks.
Origin
English
locks
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dread English
- dreadable English
- dreaden English
- dreader English
- dreadeth English
- dreadful English
- dreadless English
- dreadlock, dread(lock) English
- dreadly English
- dreadness English
- dreadnought English
- dreadsome English
- dreadtalk English
- dreadworthy English
- fordread English
- goldilocks English
- indread English
- locks English
- misdread English
- undread English
- dreden Middle English
- dred Volapük
- dreadlocks Jamaican Creole