Meanings
comparative more hispid · superlative most hispid
- obsolete outside biologybiologyCovered in short, stiff hairs.
The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.
3 more examples
Sooner the in-ſide of thy hand ſhall grovv / Hiſped, and hairie, ere thy Palm ſhall knovv / A Poſtern-bribe tooke, or a Forked-Fee / To fetter Juſtice, vvhen She might be free.
1648, Robert Herrick, “To His Honoured Friend, M. John Weare, Councellour”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 235An erect, branching, hispid or glabrate annual, 1 ft. high. Radical leaves petioled, crowded, spreading on the ground, hispid with white hairs, lobes toothed; cauline entire or pinnatifid.
1875, Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Flora of British India, Volume 1, L. Reeve & Co., page 157Larger and stouter, less than a foot high, much branched, roughish-hispid: nutlets dull, with rounded sides, no angles, and a large and deep areola or scar.
1886, Asa Gray, Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalæ, Volume 2, Part 1, 2nd edition, Smithsonian Institution, page 428Synonyms: bristly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered in short, stiff hairs.
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Origin
- Latinhispidus“rough, hairy, bristly”
- Englishhispid
From Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бодлив, четинест
- бодлив (bodliv)covered in short, stiff hairs
- четинест (četinest)covered in short, stiff hairs
Catalan híspid
- híspidcovered in short, stiff hairs
Finnish jäykkäkarvainen
- jäykkäkarvainencovered in short, stiff hairs
French hispide
- hispidecovered in short, stiff hairs
Italian ispido
- ispidocovered in short, stiff hairs
Polish kosmaty, szczeciniasty
- kosmatycovered in short, stiff hairs
- szczeciniastycovered in short, stiff hairs
Spanish híspido
- híspidocovered in short, stiff hairs
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hispid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hispid
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