Definitions for hairiness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hair•yˈhɛər i(adj.)hair•i•er, hair•i•est.

  1. covered with hair.

  2. consisting of or resembling hair:

    moss of a hairy texture.

  3. Slang. difficult, frightening, or risky.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

Origin of hairy:

1250–1300

hair′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hairiness, pilosity(noun)

    the quality of having hair

Wiktionary

  1. hairiness(Noun)

    The characteristic of being hairy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hairiness(noun)

    the state of abounding, or being covered, with hair


Translations for hairiness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

hairiness(noun)

covered in hair or having a lot of hair

a hairy chest.

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