hirsute
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adjective \ˈhər-ˌsüt, ˈhir-, ˌhər-ˈ, hir-ˈ\Definition of HIRSUTE
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: hairy 1
2
: covered with coarse stiff hairs <a hirsute leaf>
— hir·sute·ness noun
See Examples of HIRSUTE
- <wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume>
Origin of HIRSUTE
Latin hirsutus; akin to Latin horrēre to bristle — more at horror
First Known Use: 1621
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Rhymes with HIRSUTE
acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit
hir·sute
adjective \ˈhər-ˌsüt, ˈhi(ə)r-, ˌhər-ˈ, hi(ə)r-ˈ\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of HIRSUTE
: very hairy
—hir·sute·ness noun
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