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A lock of hair important enough to have its own noun.
means A long lock or strand of hair, especially one worn loose or gathered with others into a braid.
from From Old French 'tresse' (a plait or braid), which likely traces back to a Vulgar Latin or Greek root tied to twisting and weaving — the same gesture your hands make when braiding. English borrowed it around the medieval period, and it has kept its graceful, slightly literary air ever since, rarely used for a bad hair day, always for a flattering one.
- singular flex
- usually seen plural, tresses, for drama
- old french root
- from tresse, meaning braid
- poetic default
- favored by poets over plain old hair