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Hairiness   /hˈɛrinəs/   Listen
Hairiness

noun
1.
The quality of having hair.  Synonym: pilosity.





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"Hairiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the work of Dr. Arthur Keith teaches that if the black man is nearer the ape in some ways (having even the remains of throat-pouches), the white man is nearer in other ways (as in his greater hairiness). ...
— The Melting-Pot • Israel Zangwill
... soldier," said Polkinghorne, serenely missing any metaphysical proposition. He looked forward, on the strength of a Scottish mother, to joining a Highland regiment, and was known to shave his knees twice a week to make them of a manly hairiness against the ...
— Secret Bread • F. Tennyson Jesse


Words linked to "Hairiness" :   appearance, hairlessness, hirsuteness, visual aspect, hairy, hirsutism


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