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hairy

  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛə.ɹi/

Having a lot of body hair.

Example

“a hairy man”

Other meanings

  1. Having a lot of fur.

  2. Having hair growing from it.

Synonyms

  • haired

Word history

From Middle English "hery".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hairy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.