Synonyms for hirsute
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hur-soot, hur-soot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr sut, hɜrˈsut |
Définition of hirsute
Origin :- "hairy," 1620s, from Latin hirsutus "rough, shaggy, bristly," figuratively "rude, unpolished," related to hirtus "shaggy," and possibly to horrere "to bristle with fear," from PIE *ghers-tu-, from root *ghers- "to bristle" (see horror).
- adj hairy
- What was St. Meuse to me that for her I should mow my hirsute glories?
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- The entire plant is quite fibrous and has a hirsute surface.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- There are two more species—the Pithecia hirsute and the Pithecia albicans.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- With the scherzo the two hirsute faces broke into broad smiles.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- And she got herself carried ashore by the hirsute giant McVane.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- The epidermis is drab-colored and strongly corrugated, inclined to hirsute.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- And you have found nobody to be your champion against Simon the Hirsute?
- Extract from : « The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion » by Eugne Sue
- Which runs to "beautiful coloring," sartorial, hirsute, facial?
- Extract from : « In Defense of Women » by H. L. Mencken
- It was found that the man was not hirsute, untamed or eccentric.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) » by Elbert Hubbard
- His face, divested of its hirsute appendages, Ralph observed, was a decidedly evil face.
- Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman
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