Hairshirted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a hairshirt. not-comparable

    "The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]"

  2. 2
    Humble and penitent; ascetic. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy."

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"The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]"

Etymology

From hairshirt + -ed.

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