shingled
UK[ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)ld]US[ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)ld]
adj
covered with thin, rectangular pieces of wood, slate, or other material, laid in overlapping rows.
adj
(of hair) cut in a short, overlapping style, typically tapering at the back.
v
(past tense and past participle of 'shingle'). covered (a roof or wall) with shingles.
v
(past tense and past participle of 'shingle'). cut (hair) in a shingle.
Morpheme Breakdown
shingle
d
shingle
d
Etymology
the word 'shingled' is the inflected form of the verb 'shingle'. the root 'shingle' has a complex history, likely entering middle english from latin 'scindula' (a split piece of wood, a shingle) or a related old english form, both deriving from the latin verb 'scindere', meaning 'to split' or 'to cleave'. this core idea of splitting wood into thin, flat pieces directly informs the modern material sense. the application to a hairstyle, emerging in the 1920s, is a metaphorical extension, as the short, overlapping layers of hair were thought to resemble the arrangement of roof shingles.
Analysis
Structure: shingle + d
shingle (noun/verb, of uncertain origin, possibly from latin scindula or old english scindel, meaning a thin piece of wood or tile) + d (english inflectional suffix indicating past tense or past participle).
Examples
the cottage had a steeply pitched, shingled roof that weathered many storms.
she returned from the salon with a sharply shingled bob that suited her perfectly.
they shingled the entire side of the beach house with cedar.