stiff-haired

• Adjectif désuet décrivant une personne aux cheveux raides et rigides, souvent utilisé métaphoriquement pour évoquer un formalisme excessif ou une inflexibilité dans les manières.

An archaic adjective describing someone with stiff, formal, or overly rigid hair, often used metaphorically to imply a person is excessively formal or unbending in manner.

1. Having stiff hairB2formal

   Describes a person or animal whose hair is coarse, rigid, or not soft to the touch.

   Aux poils raides

   • The old dog was a stiff-haired terrier with a wiry coat.
   • He had a stiff-haired beard that felt like bristles.
   • The stiff-haired brush was perfect for grooming the horse.

   Synonymesbristlycoarse-hairedrough-hairedwiry