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HAIR-SHIRT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hair-shirt mean?
• HAIR-SHIRT (adjective)
The adjective HAIR-SHIRT has 1 sense:
1. self-sacrificing or austere
Familiarity information: HAIR-SHIRT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Self-sacrificing or austere
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
hair-shirt; hair-shirted
Pertainym:
hair shirt (an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance)
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