hirsute
- hairy; shaggy.
- Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.
Origin of hirsute
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Contemporary Examples of hirsute
The star is not entirely to blame for his hideous, hirsute transgression.
Okay, the historical “Santa” is quite different from the hirsute character on the Hallmark cards.
Arnone is 33, hirsute and handsome, his dark looks inherited from Sicilian ancestors.
Porter finds that loving a hirsute man is also about accepting the mixed messages his hairiness might imply.
British comedienne Lucy Porter has penned a sweet tribute to hirsute men in her new book, Hairy Hunks.
Historical Examples of hirsute
What was St. Meuse to me that for her I should mow my hirsute glories?
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
The entire plant is quite fibrous and has a hirsute surface.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
There are two more species—the Pithecia hirsute and the Pithecia albicans.
The Western WorldW.H.G. Kingston
With the scherzo the two hirsute faces broke into broad smiles.
Robert ElsmereMrs. Humphry Ward
And she got herself carried ashore by the hirsute giant McVane.
PatsyS. R. Crockett
hirsute
- covered with hair
- (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs
- (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair
Word Origin for hirsute
Word Origin and History for hirsute
"hairy," 1620s, from Latin hirsutus "rough, shaggy, bristly," figuratively "rude, unpolished," related to hirtus "shaggy," and possibly to horrere "to bristle with fear," from PIE *ghers-tu-, from root *ghers- "to bristle" (see horror).
hirsute
(hûr′sōōt′, hîr′-, hər-sōōt′)- Covered with hair; hairy.