setose

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adjective

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

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barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburry
OriginLatin setosus →
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Meanings

adjectivesetose (comparative more setose, superlative most setose)

comparative more setose · superlative most setose · alternative setous

  1. Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Similar
barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetaceousspinythornyarmed
Also see
barbedbarbellatebriarybrierybristledbristlyburrypricklysetaceousspinythorny

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsetosus
  2. Englishsetose

Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “setose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setose.

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