"hispid" meaning in English

See hispid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more hispid [comparative], most hispid [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|hispidus||rough, hairy, bristly}} Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} hispid (comparative more hispid, superlative most hispid)
  1. (obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs. Categories (topical): Biology, Botany Synonyms: bristly Derived forms: hispidate, hispid cotton rat (taxonomic: Sigmodon hispidus), hispid hare (taxonomic: Caprolagus hispidus), hispid pocket mouse (taxonomic: Chaetodipus hispidus), hispid starburr (taxonomic: Acanthospermum hispidum) Translations (covered in short, stiff hairs): бодлив (bodliv) (Bulgarian), четинест (četinest) (Bulgarian), jäykkäkarvainen (Finnish), ispido (Italian)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "hispidus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rough, hairy, bristly"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hispid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hispid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hispid (comparative more hispid, superlative most hispid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hispidate"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Sigmodon hispidus",
          "word": "hispid cotton rat"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Caprolagus hispidus",
          "word": "hispid hare"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Chaetodipus hispidus",
          "word": "hispid pocket mouse"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acanthospermum hispidum",
          "word": "hispid starburr"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1875, Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Flora of British India, Volume 1, L. Reeve & Co., page 157:",
          "text": "An 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Asa Gray, Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalæ, Volume 2, Part 1, 2nd edition, Smithsonian Institution, page 428:",
          "text": "Larger 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Covered in short, stiff hairs."
      ],
      "id": "en-hispid-en-adj-5FDxbcuT",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete outside biology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bristly"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bodliv",
          "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
          "word": "бодлив"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "četinest",
          "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
          "word": "четинест"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
          "word": "jäykkäkarvainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
          "word": "ispido"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hispid"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hispidate"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Sigmodon hispidus",
      "word": "hispid cotton rat"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Caprolagus hispidus",
      "word": "hispid hare"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Chaetodipus hispidus",
      "word": "hispid pocket mouse"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acanthospermum hispidum",
      "word": "hispid starburr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "hispidus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rough, hairy, bristly"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hispid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hispid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hispid (comparative more hispid, superlative most hispid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1875, Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Flora of British India, Volume 1, L. Reeve & Co., page 157:",
          "text": "An 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Asa Gray, Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalæ, Volume 2, Part 1, 2nd edition, Smithsonian Institution, page 428:",
          "text": "Larger 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Covered in short, stiff hairs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete outside biology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bristly"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bodliv",
      "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
      "word": "бодлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "četinest",
      "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
      "word": "четинест"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
      "word": "jäykkäkarvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covered in short, stiff hairs",
      "word": "ispido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hispid"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hispid meaning in English (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.