# hairiness

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The characteristic of being hairy.
2. A characteristic of yarn: the proportion of fibre ends that stick out and are not embedded in the yarn body.

## Etymology
From hairy + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hairiness