Found 5 hits - Term: hirsute, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hirsute \hirsute"\, a. l. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus
horrid. cf. horrid.
1. rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
1913 webster
2. rough and coarse; boorish. r.
1913 webster
cynical and hirsute in his behavior. --life of a.
wood.
1913 webster
3. bot. pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --gray.
1913 webster
4. zool. covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of
certain birds.
1913 webster
see also:
horrid
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
hirsute
adj : having or covered with hair; "jacob was a hairy man"; "a
hairy caterpillar" syn: hairy ant: hairless
see also:
hairy hairless
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 moby thesaurus words for "hirsute":
barbellate, bristled, bristling, bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy,
feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy,
glochidiate, hairy, hispid, lanate, matted, nappy, peachy, pilose,
pinnate, pubescent, setaceous, setose, setous, shagged, shaggy,
strigal, strigate, strigose, stubbled, stubbly, studded, unshorn,
velvety, whiskered, woolly
- [4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
hirsute adj. occasionally used humorously as a synonym for hairy.
see also:
hairy
- [5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
hirsute
occasionally used as a humorous synonym for hairy.
jargon file
see also:
hairy jargon file
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