Hairen

//ˈhɛəɹən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting or made of hair dialectal, obsolete

    "His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet."

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"His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet."

Etymology

From Middle English heeren, from Old English hǣren (“made of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *hārīn, equivalent to hair + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots hairen, hairn, herin (“made of hair”), German hären (“made of hair”).

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