hispido, = to make bristly, prickly;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’).
hispidus, = rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly.
(hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch) (ld, BL)
For Thomas Pearson Stokoe (1868-1959),** mountaineer and member of the Mountain Club of South Africa, watercolor artist and prolific plant collector, a Yorkshireman who left his wife of 16 years and daughter and emigrated to South Africa in 1911. (Ch)