hairen

H4A1I1R1E1N1
/ˈhɛəɹən/

adjective

Consisting or made of hair

OriginMiddle English heeren ← Old English hǣren ← Proto-West Germanic *hārīn →
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Meanings

adjectivehairen (comparative more hairen, superlative most hairen)

comparative more hairen · superlative most hairen

  1. dialectalobsoleteConsisting or made of hair

    His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.

    1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*hārīn
  2. Old Englishhǣren“made of hair”
  3. Middle Englishheeren
  4. Englishhairen

From Middle English heeren, from Old English hǣren (“made of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *hārīn, equivalent to hair + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots hairen, hairn, herin (“made of hair”), German hären (“made of hair”).

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APA

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MLA

“hairen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairen.

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