hirsute

American  

[hur-soot, hur-soot] / ˈhɜr sut, hɜrˈsut /

adjective

1. hairy; shaggy.

   Synonyms:

   furry, woolly, bushy, bearded, unshaved, pilose

2. Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.

3. of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.

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hirsute British  

/ ˈhɜːsjuːt /

adjective

1. covered with hair

2. (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs

3. (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair

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Other Word Forms

• hirsuteness noun
• subhirsute adjective
• subhirsuteness noun

Etymology

Origin of hirsute

1615–25; < Latin hirsūtus rough, shaggy, bristly; akin to horrid

Example Sentences

The hirsute visitor, whom the pair call Uncle Jimmy as a cover, sets out to convince his younger version to reshuffle his priorities.

From New York Times

Dozens of men, several flamboyantly hirsute in the Old West style, vastly outnumber the women.

From Los Angeles Times

The hirsute ovine was found near Lancefield in Victoria, and rescuers said he had “eked out an existence” eating small shoots of grass.

From The Guardian

"Blokes sometimes feel a bit self-conscious, particularly blokes of my age," the hirsute funnyman told journalists.

From BBC

Jake Ball and his beard get amongst the next Georgia maul and prevent the ball coming out and bring this decent period of attack from the visitors to a hirsute halt.

From The Guardian