hair-shirt

A form of hairshirt — A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent.

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hair-shirted
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Meanings

nounhair-shirt (plural hair-shirts)

plural hair-shirts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hairshirt.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveself-sacrificing or austere

Similar
hair-shirted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

hair-shirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-shirt

MLA

“hair-shirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-shirt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hair-shirt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hair-shirt.

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