scraggly
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li adjective, scrag·gli·er, scrag·gli·est.
1.
irregular; uneven; jagged.
2.
shaggy; ragged; unkempt.
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| —adj , -glier, -gliest | |
| untidy or irregular | |
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Scraggly
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
scraggly
1869, from scrag "a raw-bones; a skinny person" (1542), probably from a Scand. source (cf. Norw. skragg "a lean person," dialectal Swed. skragge "old and torn thing," Dan. skrog "hull, carcass"); perhaps related to shrink (q.v.). Scraggy "gaunt and wasted" is attested from 1611.
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Example sentences
It is a large, fast growing tree that becomes ragged and scraggly with age.
In their view, the few scraggly plants that grow here are of little value to people.
He has a scraggly mustache and a small white beard growing off the bottom of his chin.
The hillsides were white with exposed rock, among which a few scraggly trees stood.
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