English
Etymology
From Middle English hery , heeri , hary , equivalent to hair + -y . Compare Saterland Frisian hierich ( “ hairy ” ) , West Frisian hierrich ( “ hairy ” ) , Dutch harig ( “ hairy ” ) , German Low German harig ( “ hairy ” ) , German haarig ( “ hairy ” ) , Swedish hårig ( “ hairy ” ) , Icelandic hárugur ( “ hairy ” ) . Compare also Old English hǣriht ( “ hairy ” ) and ġehǣre ( “ hairy ” ) .
The sense "terrifying, scary" possibly results from a blend of hair-raising and scary .
Pronunciation
Adjective
hairy (comparative hairier , superlative hairiest )
Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body.
a hairy man
Of an animal, having a lot of fur .
hairy mammoth
Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it.
She is a great admirer of hairy chests.
( informal ) Difficult, complex , intricate , or intimidating.
It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.
( informal ) Causing anxiety or fright ; terrifying , scary .
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Translations
of a person
Arabic: مشعر
Armenian: մազոտ (hy) ( mazot )
Aromanian: piros
Belarusian: валаса́ты m ( valasáty )
Bulgarian: космат (bg) ( kosmat )
Catalan: pelut , pilós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛茸茸的 (zh) ( máoróngrōng de ) , 多毛的 (zh) ( duōmáo de ) , 長毛的 / 长毛的 (zh) , 长毛的 (zh) ( zhǎngmáo de )
Danish: håret , behåret
Dutch: harig (nl) , behaard (nl)
Estonian: karvane (et)
Finnish: karvainen (fi)
French: poilu (fr) m , poilue (fr) f
Friulian: pelôs
Georgian: თმიანი ( tmiani )
German: behaart (de) , haarig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: δασύς ( dasús ) , πολύτριχος ( polútrikhos )
Hebrew: שעיר (he)
Hungarian: szőrös (hu)
Irish: (please verify ) clúmhach
Italian: peloso (it) m , pelosa (it) f
Japanese: 毛深い ( けぶかい , kebukai) , 毛むくじゃらの ( kemukujara no )
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Latin: pilōsus , villōsus
Latvian: matains , spalvains
Maltese: muswaf
Maori: pūhuruhuru , tuahuru
Norman: pouailu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: behåret , behåra , håret , hårete
Occitan: pelut (oc)
Old English: rūh
Persian: پرمو (fa) ( pormu )
Portuguese: peludo m , peluda (pt) f
Romanian: păros (ro)
Russian: волоса́тый (ru) ( volosátyj )
Sardinian: pilosu , pirosu
Serbo-Croatian: dlakav (sh)
Slovak: vlasatý
Spanish: peludo (es) , velludo (es)
Swedish: hårig (sv)
Tibetan: སྤུ་མང་པོ ( spu mang po )
Turkish: kıllı (tr)
Ukrainian: волоса́тий m ( volosátyj )
Yiddish: האָריק ( horik )
of a body part other than the head
Arabic: مُشَعَّر m ( mušaʕʕar )
Danish: håret , behåret
Dutch: harig (nl) , behaard (nl)
Estonian: karvane (et)
Finnish: karvainen (fi)
French: poilu (fr) m , poilue (fr) f
German: behaart (de) , haarig (de)
Hebrew: שעיר (he)
Hungarian: szőrös (hu)
Irish: (please verify ) clúmhach
Italian: peloso (it) m , pelosa (it) f
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Latin: pilosus m , pilosa f
Latvian: spalvains , matains
Norman: pouailu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: behåret , behåra , håret , hårete
Portuguese: peludo m , peluda (pt) f
Russian: волоса́тый (ru) ( volosátyj )
Slovak: chlpatý
Spanish: peludo (es) , velludo (es)
Swedish: hårig (sv)
Turkish: kıllı (tr)
Translations to be checked
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