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ˈhɜr sut, hɜrˈsuthir·sute

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hairy, haired, hirsuteadjective

    having or covered with hair

    "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

Wiktionary

  1. hirsuteadjective

    Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

  2. Etymology: From hirsutus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hirsuteadjective

    Rough; rugged.

    Etymology: hirsutus, Latin.

    There are bulbous, fibrous, and hirsute roots: the hirsute is a middle sort, between the bulbous and fibrous; that, besides the putting forth sap upwards and downwards, putteth forth in round. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

ChatGPT

  1. hirsute

    Hirsute refers to being covered with hair, particularly coarse or excessive hair. It is often used to describe the physical characteristics of a person, animal, or plant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hirsuteadjective

    rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy

  2. Hirsuteadjective

    rough and coarse; boorish

  3. Hirsuteadjective

    pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs

  4. Hirsuteadjective

    covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds

  5. Etymology: [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. Horrid.]

Wikidata

  1. Hirsute

    Hirsute is a 2007 film diirected by A. J. Bond.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hirsute

    hir-sūt′, adj. hairy: rough: shaggy: (bot.) having long, stiffish hairs. [L. hirsutushirsus, hirtus, shaggy.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. hirsute

    Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for hairy.

Entomology

  1. Hirsute

    clothed with long, strong hair; shaggy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hirsute in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hirsute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hirsute in a Sentence

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    Zygmunt Zikorra inquired; Have modern-day geologists been able to determine whether myriad 'baldface' and 'baldhead' mountains were ever hirsute?

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