Meaning of Hirsute | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone or something that is hirsute.

rare

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Examples

“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.”

“Where’s the sockless hirsutes from the grasshopper-bitten wilds of Kansas?”

“THE hairy fibrous or hirsute begonias (either term is correct, though the latter is preferred) are not so well known as those already discussed, but they are just as lovely. Their flowering season is mainly in fall and winter when most other plants have finished blooming. They get their name from the hairs on the outside of the flower petals. Leaves and stems may be quite smooth, or moderately to heavily covered with hairs. These hirsutes come in varying heights, from a foot for the dwarf varieties, to well over six feet for the larger ones.”

“Gadzooks! Where Did All the Hirsutes Come From? […] ONE DAY a caveman sat scratching his bristly cheeks with a sharp shell. Maybe it was the shell of a razor clam. But at least it took the whiskers off dandily. And pretty soon a little cavegirl wandered by and rubbed the caveman’s smooth cheek fondly. It would have made a great television commercial. We can be pretty certain that within a few days, our boy had learned to scrape just part of that facial stubble-[?], leaving a bit here and there for the special effect it offered. And thus was born pogonotrophy: beard growing if you aren’t up on your Greek.”

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