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shaggy

Pronunciation:  'shagee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs"
  2. [adj]  used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a shaggy beard"
 
 Synonyms: bushy, rough, shagged, ungroomed, unsmooth
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Shag"gy\, a. [Compar. {Shaggier}; superl. {Shaggiest}.]
[From {Shag}, n.]
Rough with long hair or wool.

      About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. --Dryden.

2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. --Milton.

         [A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell.
                                               --Keble.

 

 

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