hirsute
adj/həːˈsjuːt/UK/hɚˈsut/US
Etymology
From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”).
Definitions
Covered in hair or bristles
Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- […] there are of Roots, Bulbous Roots, Fibrous Roots, and Hirsute Roots.
- Juan, I said, was a most beauteous Boy, And had retained his boyish look beyond The usual hirsute seasons which destroy, With beards and whiskers and the like, the fond Parisian aspect […]
Someone or something that is hirsute.
- Virchow is mentioned as having described the “Russian hairy men” the “hirsutes,” who, although their bodies were covered with a thick growth of hair were nevertheless almost entirely devoid of teeth.
- Where’s the sockless hirsutes from the grasshopper-bitten wilds of Kansas?
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA