What does tress mean?
Tress means A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..
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/tɹɛs/ · noun
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..
nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
“Mercy! If I had a husband whose business it was to look at women's beautiful eyes, peachy cheeks, and luxurious tresses, I should go crazy! […]”
Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.
Use tress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tress means A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..
Common synonyms include twist, plait, braid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
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