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lovely ginge

lovely ginge

9.9
A pleasant shade of red hair that looks bright and warm
  • noun
  • Slang
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  • She has a lovely ginge that shines in the sunlight.

Examples

  • She dyed her hair a lovely ginge to brighten her look.

  • Many celebrities are famous for their natural lovely ginge locks.

  • He always admired the soft, lovely ginge of her hair.

  • I love your lovely ginge hair color!

  • She has a beautiful lovely ginge that catches everyone's attention.

  • His lovely ginge hair looked stunning against his fair skin.

  • The artist painted a portrait that perfectly captured her lovely ginge hairstyle.

Antonyms

dull
31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

drab
3 5.3

Having a light brownish green color often used for cloth and uniforms

Surface Forms

lovely ginge singular
lovely ginge plural

Morphology

lovely + ginge

The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination where 'lovely' (attractive) modifies 'ginge' (a colloquial/clipped form of 'ginger', meaning a red-haired person or red hair). Because the meaning is directly built from the constituents and follows a common descriptive pattern found across languages, a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Lovely ginge uses ginge, a short form of ginger, the spice with a warm orange-red colour. The picture of the spice's colour helps you remember that lovely ginge means 'a pleasant shade of red hair'.