Long Hair - Transferred Meaning

Transferred Meaning

The traditional connotation of "long hair" in English meant, roughly, someone artistically knowledgeable or wise, an aesthete. As a descriptive term, it has been applied to Merovingians and classical music enthusiasts, as well as hippies and aesthetes.

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Famous quotes containing the words transferred and/or meaning:

    “Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.”
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    Taking the child out of the parents’ hands.
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    As leaving more to nature and happy chance.
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