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hirsute

/həːˈsjuːt/ UK
/həːˈsuːt/ UK
/hɚˈsut/ US

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From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”).

adjective more hirsute · most hirsute

Covered in hair or bristles; hairy. A third eminent cause of iealousie may be this, when hee that is deformed hirsute and ragged, and very vertuously giuen, will marry some very faire niec piece, or some light huswife, he begins to misdoubt (as well he may) she doth not affect him.
Similar: hairy, hirsute, nonglabrous

Opposite: glabrous, bald, callow, calvous, depilous, hairless, smooth

noun hirsutes

rare Someone or something that is hirsute. Virchow is mentioned as having described the “Russian hairy men” the “hirsutes,” who, although their bodies were covered with a thick growth of hair were nevertheless almost entirely devoid of teeth.

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adjective

Opposite: glabrous, bald, callow, calvous, depilous, hairless, smooth

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adj hairy

Español	hirsuto
Français	hirsute
Deutsch	behaart
Italiano	irsuto
Русский	волоса́тый volosátyj

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@misc{hirsute_2026,
  title = {hirsute},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hirsute},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}