Associations to the word «Hispid»

Wiktionary

HISPID, adjective. (obsolete except in science) Covered in short, stiff hairs; bristly.

Dictionary definition

HISPID, adjective. (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles; "plants with hispid stems".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca