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Webster 1913 Edition


Hirsute

Hir-sute′

,
Adj.
[L.
hirsutus
; prob. akin to
horridus
horrid. Cf.
Horrid
.]
1.
Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2.
Rough and coarse; boorish.
[R.]
Cynical and
hirsute
in his behavior.
Life of A. Wood.
3.
(Bot.)
Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
Gray.
4.
(Zool.)
Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hirsute

HIRSU'TE

,
Adj.
[L. hirsutus.]
1.
Hairy; rough with hair; shaggy; set with bristles.
2.
In botany, it is nearly synonymous with hispid, but it denotes having more hairs or bristles, and less stiff.

Definition 2024


hirsute

hirsute

English

Adjective

hirsute (comparative more hirsute, superlative most hirsute)

  1. Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

Usage notes

Considerably more formal than everyday hairy.

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

hirsute m, f (plural hirsutes)

  1. hairy, bristly, shaggy

Latin

Adjective

hirsūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of hirsūtus