hirsute

[ hur-soot, hur-soot ]
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adjective
  1. hairy; shaggy.

  2. Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.

Origin of hirsute

1
1615–25; <Latin hirsūtus rough, shaggy, bristly; akin to horrid

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Other words from hirsute

  • hir·sute·ness, noun
  • sub·hir·sute, adjective
  • sub·hir·sute·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for hirsute

hirsute

/ (ˈhɜːsjuːt) /


adjective
  1. covered with hair

  2. (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs

  1. (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair

Origin of hirsute

1
C17: from Latin hirsūtus shaggy; related to Latin horrēre to bristle, hirtus hairy; see horrid

Derived forms of hirsute

  • hirsuteness, noun

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