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hairen

/ˈhɛəɹən/

hairen adjective: consisting or made of hair.

Adjective

hairen (comparative more hairen, superlative most hairen)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Consisting or made of hair
    • His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Forms of hairen

comparativemore hairen
superlativemost hairen

Origin of hairen

From Middle English heeren, from Old English hǣren (“made of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *hārīn, equivalent to hair + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots hairen, hairn, herin (“made of hair”), German hären (“made of hair”).

Questions about hairen

What does hairen mean?
Hairen means consisting or made of hair.
What part of speech is hairen?
Hairen is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hairen?
Hairen is pronounced /ˈhɛəɹən/.

Words near hairen in the dictionary

  1. hairdrying
  2. haire
  3. haired
  4. haired up
  5. hairedness
  6. hairen
  7. haires
  8. hairfall
  9. hairfalls
  10. Hairfield
  11. hairfluencer

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