Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with hair; hairy.
- adjective Biology Covered with stiff or coarse hairs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hairy; shaggy.
- 2. Specifically, in zoology and botany, rough or bristling with hairs; having a thick covering of long and rather stiff hairs.
- Coarse; boorish; unmannerly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
- adjective rare Rough and coarse; boorish.
- adjective (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered in
hair orbristles ;hairy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or covered with hair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her sled-dogs clustered about her in hirsute masses, and the leader, Wolf Fang, laid his long snout softly in her lap.
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A certain hirsute mutant may want to rethink that next trip to England.
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Her sled-dogs clustered about her in hirsute masses, and the leader, Wolf Fang, laid his long snout softly in her lap.
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For decades the right had successfully demonized women who embraced the label as hirsute succubi, family-scorning and erotically disadvantaged old bags.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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For decades the right had successfully demonized women who embraced the label as hirsute succubi, family-scorning and erotically disadvantaged old bags.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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For decades the right had successfully demonized women who embraced the label as hirsute succubi, family-scorning and erotically disadvantaged old bags.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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For decades the right had successfully demonized women who embraced the label as hirsute succubi, family-scorning and erotically disadvantaged old bags.
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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They dubbed their hirsute trio the Full Silkwood, after a typically audacious punch line from the show.
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I loved that "hirsute" was used; I always remember that one by thinking it is someone saying "hair suit" with a really thick accent.; p
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
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[[Genesis]], the son of [[Isaac]], was notably hirsute; his name means 'hirsute' in
chained_bear commented on the word hirsute
Thanks, WeirdNet: "Hmm... what does hirsute mean? Ah, here it is... it means... hirsute."
November 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hirsute
Vs. hairless, don't forget.
What I don't get is all the stray parentheses floating around in WeirdNet. Close them, for crying out loud!
*having an editorial conniption*
November 30, 2007
jorge999 commented on the word hirsute
she is cold and demanding
in her business suit
dismissive, haughty,
(yet inspiring hot pursuit!)
and underneath
hirsute, hirsute!
November 6, 2009
5814738 commented on the word hirsute
"They wound through the ranks of the deformed and obese, the bizarrely hirsute and the small." From Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.
September 27, 2011