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bushy

[boosh-ee]

Origin

adjective, bush·i·er, bush·i·est.

resembling a bush; thick and shaggy: bushy whiskers.

full of or overgrown with bushes.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English busshi. See bush¹, -y¹

Related forms

bush·i·ly, adverb

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bushy¹ (ˈbʊʃɪ)

—*adj* , bushier, bushiest
1.	covered or overgrown with bushes
2.	thick and shaggy: bushy eyebrows

'bushily¹

—*adv*

'bushiness¹

—n

bushy or bushie² (ˈbʊʃɪ)

—n , pl bushies
1.	a person who lives in the bush
2.	an unsophisticated uncouth person
3.	a member of a bush fire brigade

bushie or bushie²

—n

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Word Origin & History

bushy

late 14c., "overgrown with bushes," from bush (n.) + -y (2). Of hair, etc., from 1610s.

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