Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hirsute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hirsute \Hir*sute"\, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus
horrid. Cf. {Horrid}.]
1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. --Life of A.
Wood.
3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --Gray.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of
certain birds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hirsute
adj : having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hairy}] [ant: {hairless}]
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