🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

까치집

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kkachijip

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bedhead/ˈbɛdˌhɛd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 아침에 머리에 까치집을 짓고 일어났다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A condition in which a person's hair is tangled, sticking up, or otherwise untidy after sleeping.

    "He rolled out of bed and walked into the kitchen with a wild case of bedhead."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a North American colloquial compound originating in the late 20th century, combining the nouns 'bed' and 'head'. It emerged to describe the disheveled state of a person's hair after sleeping, reflecting the casual lifestyle and idiom developments in modern English.

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