Hairiness

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being hairy. countable, uncountable

    "1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, Observ. XXVI, We have had (says he) another of this kind brought us out of the East-Indies, which being planted was in shew like the former, but came not to perfection, the unkindly season not suffering it to shew the flower; but of the Cods that were brought, some were smaller, shorter, and rounder then the Garden kind; others much longer, and many growing together, as it were in clusters, and cover'd all over with a brown short hairiness, so fine, that if any of it be rubb'd, or fall on the back of ones hand, or other tender parts of the skin, it will cause a kind of itching […]"

  2. 2
    the quality of having hair wordnet
  3. 3
    A characteristic of yarn: the proportion of fibre ends that stick out and are not embedded in the yarn body. countable, uncountable

    "There was a reduction in hairiness of yarn after warping by about 17% in comparison to the hairiness of the wound yarn."

Synonyms

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abstrusenessarduousnessbothersomenessburdensomenesscomplexitycomplication

Example

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"I think hairiness is a symbol of masculinity, so I really like it."

Etymology

From hairy + -ness.

Related phrases

stick out

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