Definitions For Hairshirt

Adjective

(not comparable) Advocating or adopting a relatively ascetic lifestyle, especially for environmentalist reasons. :

Noun

HAIRSHIRT (plural HAIRSHIRTs) A shirt made of haircloth; a cilice; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent (figurative) A state of penitence and humility.

See also

flagellant sackcloth self-mortification

Etymology

hair + shirt

Is Hairshirt a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
13

The word Hairshirt is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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