Definition of Body hair

1. Noun. Short hair growing over a person's body.

Group relationships: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Generic synonyms: Hair

Definition of Body hair

1. Noun. (anatomy) Hair of the body especially androgenic hair and to the exclusion of head hair and facial hair ¹

2. Noun. An individual strand of hair on the human body ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Hair

body coat
body con
body constitution
body cord
body corporate
body count
body covering
body double
body doubles
body dysmorphic disorder
body fluid
body fluid compartments
body fluids
body forth
body guard
body hair
body hairs
body horror
body image
body language
body languages
body length
body lice
body lotion
body louse
body mechanics
body modification
body modifications

Literary usage of Body hair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"The body-hair in children is a faintly discernible pale-coloured fluff, apparently a vestige of the body-hair which at one period of development, ..."

2. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"... though all Negroes perhaps exhibit more body-hair in a natural state than is usually supposed to be the case, it being a widespread custom throughout ..."

3. Harvard African Studies by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology African Dept (1922)
"body hair is considered to be a sign of strength; on the chest, ... body hair including hair on the back is by no means as rare as has been supposed. ..."

4. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"In their natural condition the men of the Kru race are inclined to considerable growth of pile cr body-hair. I have seen some examples the legs of which ..."

5. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the by Nyanaponika, Nyanaponika A. Thera (1998)
"... thinking thus: There are in this body: hair of the head, hair of the body, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, ..."

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