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hirsutic

hirsutic is the alternative form of hirsute.

Meaning of hirsute

Adjective

hirsute (comparative more hirsute, superlative most hirsute)

  1. 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.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter 3, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    hairy, nonglabrous

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Origin of hirsutic

From the fungus Stereum hirsutum, whence the chemical hirsutic acid derives, equivalent to hirsute + -ic.

Phrases with hirsutic

Questions about hirsutic

What is hirsutic the alternative form of?
Hirsutic is the alternative form of hirsute.

Words near hirsutic in the dictionary

  1. hirsuteine
  2. hirsutely
  3. hirsutene
  4. hirsuteness
  5. hirsutes
  6. hirsutic
  7. hirsutic acid
  8. hirsutidin
  9. hirsuties
  10. hirsuties papillares coronae glandis
  11. hirsuties papillares genitales

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