scragglyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskraɡli/,

/ˈskraɡl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈskræɡ(ə)li/

Etymology: Formed as scraggling adj. + -y suffix¹.

Chiefly U.S.

Irregular or ragged in growth or form; scraggy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]

unevenc1275

rudea1393

craggeda1400

knaggedc1430

raggedc1450

raggy1483

cocklya1529

rugged1528

knaggy1552

unlevel?a1560

craggy1568

scraggy1574

balkish1577

cockling1582

cockled1600

unequal1613

salebrous1633

scragged1641

inequal1661

unevenly1683

hummocky1767

snaggly1794

snaggy1806

hobblya1825

shreddy1835

scraggly1869

bobbly1909

pebbly1923

snaggled1938

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc.

rowsey1565

slovenlya1568

sloven-like1569

uncompta1641

frowzy1710

blowzed1766

blowzyc1770

tousy1786

frowzled1808

sloven1821

hashy1825

tously1832

tousled1847

tuzzy-muzzy1847

unsleek1859

tousled-looking1860

slouchy1864

scraggly1869

frowzly1872

sploshy1881

schlumpy1956

streelish1974

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xlii. 534 That's all we scraggly old people are good for.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 26 He had a long scraggly beard.

1892 Harper's Mag. Dec. 115/1 I watched her struggling up the..hillside, passing in and out of sight among the scraggly pines.

1946 C. McCullers Member of Wedding ii. 57 A street preacher..was preaching on a corner to a group of warehouse coloured boys and scraggly children.

1959 T. Griffith Waist-high Culture (1960) 172 We are like an animal that casts off its skins too quickly; no wonder we look scraggly.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 12/3 At least I'm not spread-eagled any more in my skivvies and scraggly black socks.

in combination.1889 M. E. Wilkins Far-away Melody (1890) 28 The walls..had a scraggly-patterned paper on them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scraggly
释义	scragglyadj. Brit. /ˈskraɡli/, /ˈskraɡl̩i/, U.S. /ˈskræɡ(ə)li/ Etymology: Formed as scraggling adj. + -y suffix¹. Chiefly U.S. Irregular or ragged in growth or form; scraggy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] unevenc1275 rudea1393 craggeda1400 knaggedc1430 raggedc1450 raggy1483 cocklya1529 rugged1528 knaggy1552 unlevel?a1560 craggy1568 scraggy1574 balkish1577 cockling1582 cockled1600 unequal1613 salebrous1633 scragged1641 inequal1661 unevenly1683 hummocky1767 snaggly1794 snaggy1806 hobblya1825 shreddy1835 scraggly1869 bobbly1909 pebbly1923 snaggled1938 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc. rowsey1565 slovenlya1568 sloven-like1569 uncompta1641 frowzy1710 blowzed1766 blowzyc1770 tousy1786 frowzled1808 sloven1821 hashy1825 tously1832 tousled1847 tuzzy-muzzy1847 unsleek1859 tousled-looking1860 slouchy1864 scraggly1869 frowzly1872 sploshy1881 schlumpy1956 streelish1974 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xlii. 534 That's all we scraggly old people are good for. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 26 He had a long scraggly beard. 1892 Harper's Mag. Dec. 115/1 I watched her struggling up the..hillside, passing in and out of sight among the scraggly pines. 1946 C. McCullers Member of Wedding ii. 57 A street preacher..was preaching on a corner to a group of warehouse coloured boys and scraggly children. 1959 T. Griffith Waist-high Culture (1960) 172 We are like an animal that casts off its skins too quickly; no wonder we look scraggly. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 12/3 At least I'm not spread-eagled any more in my skivvies and scraggly black socks. in combination.1889 M. E. Wilkins Far-away Melody (1890) 28 The walls..had a scraggly-patterned paper on them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1869
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