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Meaning of hirsute in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  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

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