hirsute
/hɚˈsut/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that is hirsute.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] there are of Roots, Bulbous Roots, Fibrous Roots, and Hirsute Roots."
- "Juan, I said, was a most beauteous Boy, And had retained his boyish look beyond The usual hirsute seasons which destroy, With beards and whiskers and the like, the fond Parisian aspect […]"
- "At that period, too, the Jew's long beard was far more distinctive than it is in this hirsute generation."
- "Ears small, with large lobes, indicating some Jewish blood. Hands small, well-tended, hirsute. Feet small."
- "Depilatories were used for all hirsute parts of the body."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɚˈsut/
- British English: /həːˈsjuːt/