Word of the Week 9/16/18: Hirsute

From Dictionary.com:

1. hairy; shaggy.2. Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs

From Wiktionary:

Considerably more formal than the everyday "hairy"- antonym: glabrous

From Vocabulary.com:

Pronounced “HER-suit”

ed. note: why the peak usage in 1980?