Hirsute

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hirsute \Hir*sute"\, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus
     horrid. Cf. {Horrid}.]
     1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
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     2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]


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              Cynical and hirsute in his behavior.  --Life of A.
                                                    Wood.
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     3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --Gray.
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     4. (Zool.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of
        certain birds.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hirsute
       adj : having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
             hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hairy}] [ant: {hairless}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hirsute adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hirsute
       
          Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for {hairy}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]