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n. - Excessive hairiness.

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Usage examples (21)
  • In 1960, John F. Kennedy set a standard for hirsuteness that candidates have been grappling with ever since.
  • Given your rufous hirsuteness, a good South Park reference would be to call yourselves the Soulless Gingers.
  • Ranji knew it was not a member of that highly intelligent race because of the absence of the characteristic S'van hirsuteness.
  • Mind you, if my boyfriend had objected to the wearing of combat boots and occasional hirsuteness he really would not have gone out with me…
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