"hairshirt" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛəʃɜːt/ [UK], /ˈhɛɹʃɝt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hairshirt.wav
enPR: hârʹshərt [US] Etymology: From hair + shirt. Etymology templates: {{com|en|hair|shirt}} hair + shirt Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hairshirt (not comparable)
  1. (relational) Advocating or adopting a relatively ascetic lifestyle, especially for environmentalist reasons. Tags: not-comparable, relational Related terms: flagellant, self-flagellation
    Sense id: en-hairshirt-en-adj-MKlRzpYH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hair shirt, hair-shirt

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛəʃɜːt/ [UK], /ˈhɛɹʃɝt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hairshirt.wav Forms: hairshirts [plural]
enPR: hârʹshərt [US] Etymology: From hair + shirt. Etymology templates: {{com|en|hair|shirt}} hair + shirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairshirt (plural hairshirts)
  1. A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent. Categories (topical): Clothing, Religion Synonyms: cilice, horsehair shirt, sackcloth Translations (shirt made of haircloth): Büßerhemd [neuter] (German), härenes Hemd [neuter] (German), власе́ница (vlasénica) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-hairshirt-en-noun-rRqeBCsR Disambiguation of Clothing: 27 72 1 Disambiguation of Religion: 29 71 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 56 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 60 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 62 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 54 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 23 55 21 Disambiguation of 'shirt made of haircloth': 95 5
  2. (figurative) A state of penitence and humility. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-hairshirt-en-noun-LRzyEk91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hair shirt, hair-shirt Derived forms: hairshirted, hairshirtism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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