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View usage for: (hɜːʳsjuːt, US -suːt) adjectiveSomeone who is hirsute is hairy. [formal]Synonyms: hairy, bearded, shaggy, unshaven More Synonyms of hirsute hirsute in British English (ˈhɜːsjuːt) adjective2. (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs 3. (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair Derived forms hirsuteness (ˈhirsuteness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin hirsūtus shaggy; related to Latin horrēre to bristle, hirtus hairy; see horridhirsute in American English (ˈhɜrˌsut; hərˈsut) Derived forms hirsuteness (ˈhirˌsuteness) noun Word origin L hirsutus < hirtus, bristly, akin to hircus: see hircine Examples of 'hirsute' in a sentencehirsute Frighteningly hirsute, a single black eyebrow spanned his protruding forehead.His body was broad, hirsute, and covered with scars, some of them fully six inches long.Meggie gaped at the tiny thing roaming blindly round Fee's bare skin in search of more hirsute territory, then she began to weep. Definition hairy (formal) a large, hirsute fellow with an aggressive, blustery personality Synonyms unshaven bewhiskered hispid (biology) Additional synonymsa bearded 40-year-old sociology professor Synonyms unshaven, hairy, whiskered, stubbly, bushy, shaggy, hirsute (formal), bristly, bewhiskered He lifted a beer to his bristly mouth. Synonyms hairy, rough, bearded, whiskered, stubbly, unshaven, bewhiskered Definition rough and untidy He has long, shaggy hair.a shaggy dog Synonyms unkempt, rough, tousled, hairy, long-haired, hirsute (formal), unshorn - hire
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