hirsute

[hur-soot, hur-soot] /ˈhɜr sut, hɜrˈsut/

adjective

hairy; shaggy.

Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hair.

Origin

1615-25; < Latin hirsūtus rough, shaggy, bristly; akin to horrid

Related forms

hirsuteness, noun

subhirsute, adjective

subhirsuteness, noun

Synonyms

1. pilose, unshaved, bearded, bushy, woolly, furry.

Examples from the web for hirsute

Even his appearance, which is uncharacteristically hirsute and blank, helps make the film more of a curiosity than a failure.
One of the few foil cutters that can handle the curse of the hirsute.
But a wog on a face gloriously hirsute with inches of flowing beard is a thing unto itself.
In other words, our anatomically hirsute cousins are actually our genetic brothers.
And a formerly hirsute friend is now completely bald.
It became synonymous with someone hirsute, tree-hugging and altogether unstylish.

British Dictionary definitions for hirsute

hirsute

/ˈhɜːsjuːt/

adjective

covered with hair

(of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs

(of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair

Derived Forms

hirsuteness, noun

Word Origin

C17: from Latin hirsūtus shaggy; related to Latin horrēre to bristle, hirtus hairy; see horrid

Word Origin and History for hirsute

adj.

"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 in Medicine

hirsute hir·sute (hûr'sōōt', hēr'-, hər-sōōt')
adj.
Covered with hair; hairy.

hirsute in Technology

Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for hairy.
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