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hairshirted en · ADJ

Etymology

From hairshirt + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Wearing a hairshirt.
   • The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […] 2002, James Carroll, Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 115:
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Humble and penitent; ascetic.
   • Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary. 2011, Andrew Marr, A History of 20th Century Britain, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
   • Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy. 2010, Andrew Benett, Ann O'Reilly, Consumed: Rethinking Business in the Era of Mindful Spending, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 113:

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