hirsute

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hirsute
    adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
           hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hairy}, {haired}, {hirsute}]
           [ant: {hairless}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hirsute \Hir*sute"\, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus
   horrid. Cf. {Horrid}.]
   1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
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   2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.]
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            Cynical and hirsute in his behavior.  --Life of A.
                                                  Wood.
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   3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --Gray.
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   4. (Zool.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of
      certain birds.
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from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
hirsute
 adj.

   Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
hirsute

   Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for {hairy}.

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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "hirsute":
      barbellate, bristled, bristling, bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy,
      feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy,
      glochidiate, hairy, hispid, lanate, matted, nappy, peachy, pilose,
      pinnate, pubescent, setaceous, setose, setous, shagged, shaggy,
      strigal, strigate, strigose, stubbled, stubbly, studded, unshorn,
      velvety, whiskered, woolly
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