Meaning of hirsute in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈhərˌsut/

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1. Qualitative Adjective

   hirsute

   Etymology

   early 17th century: from Latin hirsutus

   Definitions

   1. having or covered with hair

   Examples

   • « Jacob was a hairy man »
   • « a hairy caterpillar »

   Synonyms

   • comate
   • comose
   • comal
   • downy
   • pubescent
   • puberulent
   • sericeous
   • floccose
   • furred
   • furry
   • fuzzed
   • fuzzy
   • hispid
   • lanate
   • woolly
   • long-haired
   • pappose
   • pilous
   • pilose
   • pilary
   • shock-headed
   • short-haired
   • tomentose
   • tomentous
   • wire-haired
   • wooly
   • woolly
   • canescent
   • hoary
   • furlike

   Antonyms

   • hairless