bris·tly

[bris-lee]
adjective, bris·tli·er, bris·tli·est.
1.
covered or rough with bristles.
2.
like or resembling bristles.
3.
easily antagonized; irascible: a bristly person with few friends.

Origin:
1585–95; bristle + -y1

bris·tli·ness, noun
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bristle (ˈbrɪsəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  any short stiff hair of an animal or plant
2.  something resembling these hair: toothbrush bristle
 
vb (when intr, often foll by up) (sometimes foll by up)
3.  to stand up or cause to stand up like bristles: the angry cat's fur bristled
4.  to show anger, indignation, etc: she bristled at the suggestion
5.  (intr) to be thickly covered or set: the target bristled with arrows
6.  (intr) to be in a state of agitation or movement: the office was bristling with activity
7.  (tr) to provide with a bristle or bristles
 
[C13 bristil, brustel, from earlier brust, from Old English byrst; related to Old Norse burst, Old High German borst]
 
'bristly
 
adj

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Bristly is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Word Origin & History

bristly
1590s, from bristle + -y (2). Figurative sense is recorded from 1872.
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Example sentences
Foliage often sparse to moderately covered with silky and/or bristly silver
  hairs.
First few true leaves opposite, dull green, covered with short bristly hairs
  that are rough to touch.
The stems are single, sometimes branching near the top, and with stiff or
  bristly hairs.
Stems are erected, often times reddish in color with hairy or bristly.
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