Definition of hirsute Hirsute

/hɚsuˈt/ - [hersut] - hir•sute

We found 8 definitions of hirsute from 5 different sources.

What does hirsute mean?

WordNet

Adjective
hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
		hairy, haired
		hairless having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail"
		canescent, hoary covered with fine whitish hairs or down
		coarse-furred, coarse-haired having coarse hair or fur
		comal, comate, comose of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft"
		curly-coated, curly-haired covered with curly hair; "a curly-coated water spaniel"
		dark-coated, dark-haired covered with dark hair
		puberulent, sericeous, downy, pubescent covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
		floccose (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs
		furlike resembling fur
		furred, furry covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear"
		fuzzed, fuzzy covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed"
		glossy-coated, glossy-furred, glossy-haired having glossy hair; "a glossy-coated foxhound"
		hispid (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems"
		lanate, woolly covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton"
		long-haired with long hair; "long-haired hippies"
		pappose (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
		pilary, pilose, pilous covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
		rough-haired having hair that feels rough
		shock-headed having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair; "shock-headed teenagers"
		short-haired with short hair; "a short-haired dog"
		silky-haired having hair that resembles silk
		silver-haired having hair the color of silver
		smooth-haired having hair that feels smooth
		snake-haired (of monsters) having snakes for hair
		soft-haired having soft hair
		stiff-haired having stiff hair
		thick-haired having thick hair
		tomentous, tomentose densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf"
		velvety-furred, velvety-haired having hair that feels like velvet
		wire-haired, wiry-coated (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair; "a wire-haired terrier"
		wiry of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"