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Definition of Hairiness
1. Noun. The quality of having hair.
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Specialized synonyms: Hirsuteness, Hirsutism
Antonyms: Hairlessness
Derivative terms: Hairy
Definition of Hairiness
1. n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
Definition of Hairiness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being hairy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hairiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairiness
Literary usage of Hairiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"hairiness, ns [from hairy.'] The state of being covered with hair, or abounding
with hair. HA'IRY. adj. [from hair.] *. Overgrown with hair ; covered with ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"Of the Massachusetts species, this most resembles J?. lasti, particularly in the
antennae, but it differs widely in its colour, hairiness and stout legs. ..."
3. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"hairiness of Races Compared. Possible Signification of Moles. Clothes, Hair
Dressing and Ornaments of the Natives. Tattooing and Painting. ..."
4. Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Reign of by James Caulfield (1813)
"... describes by the name of Barba ; who he believed, improved if not procured
that hairiness by art. But whether she is the same that the famous ..."
5. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"Varies much in hairiness, being sometimes nearly smooth. An altogether useless
but not troublesome weed. f4. ..."
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