hirsute
/ˈhəːsjuːt
/adjective literary or humorous
Hairy: their hirsute chests...
- More than eight out of ten hirsute he-males told some infantile men's magazine that their chest fuzz made them feel more manly.
- It's not the hair on his chest that socially disadvantages the hirsute man.
- One of the two is hirsute and capable of weaving, whereas the other is bald and incapable of weaving.
Synonyms
hairy, shaggy, bushy, hair-covered, long-haired, woolly, furry, fleecy, fuzzy;
bearded, unshaven, unshorn, bewhiskered, stubbly, bristly
technical pilose, pileous, pappose, hispid
rare crinite, crinigerous
Derivatives
hirsuteness
- In press terms, Kilmarnock have fallen foul to the sort of hirsuteness and limb-flailing not witnessed outside of a hippy convention.
- The almost beardless Japanese point to the Ainus’ hirsuteness as evidence of subhuman status.
- I have recently posted about hirsuteness in men as a sign of attractiveness.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin hirsutus.
- in one's wildest dreams
- in open court
- inoperability
- inoperable
- inoperably
- inoperative
- inopportune
- inopportunely
- inopportuneness
- in opposition
- in (or at) a canter
- in (or at) one fell swoop
- in (or by) comparison
- in (or by) fits and starts
- in order
- in order for (or that)
- in order to do something
- in ordinary
- inordinate
- inordinately
- in (or for) perpetuity
- inorganic
- inorganically
- inorganic chemistry
- in (or in the) spirit