1. Having a growth of hair-like awns.
2. Having hair on the cheeks and chin; SYN. barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery.
ETYM Latin hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Related to Horrid.
1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2. Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Having or covered with coarse shaggy hair; hairy.