HAIRINESS
hairiness, pilosity
(noun) the quality of having hair
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hairiness (countable and uncountable, plural hairinesses)
The characteristic of being hairy.
(technical) A characteristic of yarn: the proportion of fibre ends that stick out and are not embedded in the yarn body.
Source: Wiktionary
Hair"i*ness, n.
Definition: The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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