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Definition of Scraggy
1. Adjective. Being very thin. "A long scrawny neck"
Similar to: Lean, Thin
Derivative terms: Boniness, Scrag, Scrawniness, Skinniness
2. Adjective. Having a sharply uneven surface or outline. "Scraggy cliffs"
Definition of Scraggy
1. a. Rough with irregular points; scragged.
Definition of Scraggy
1. Adjective. Rough and irregular; jagged. ¹
2. Adjective. Lean or thin, scrawny. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scraggy
1. scrawny [adj -GIER, -GIEST] - See also: scrawny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scraggy
Literary usage of Scraggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"SHE is NOT SO scraggy, AFTER ALL. PSYCHICAL RESEARCH. HOW CHARLES BROKE MISS
STRAKER QUITE OFF. ... scraggy ..."
2. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"Seeds apparently without an arillus, or with a very short imperfect membranaceous
one at the Шит.—Rigid scraggy shrubs, generally with thorns. ..."
3. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1886)
"Warm Sulphur Springs, Baths, and Aqueduct at Tell el Hammam.—Clumps of scraggy
Trees. — Apple of Sodom. ..."
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