hairshirted adjective2 •Wearing a hairshirt.The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […] — 2002 •(figurative) Humble and penitent; ascetic.Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy. — 2010