hirsutus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

hīrsūtus adj.with comp.

cf. hirtus, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute : (animantium) aliae spinis hirsutae: cristā equinā, V.: Hiems canos hirsuta capillos, O.: saetis leonis Vellera, O.—Fig., rude, unpolished : nihil est hirsutius illis (annalibus), O.

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