The Italian to sit around, covered in hair (6)
I believe the answer is:
pilose
'covered in hair' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally define each other.
'the italian to sit around' is the wordplay.
'the italian' becomes 'il' ('the' in Italian).
'to sit' becomes 'pose' (as in sitting for a painter).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'il' inserted into 'pose' is 'PILOSE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pilose that I've seen before include "Thematic types [DOGS] typically" , "Hairy" .)