scroggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈskrɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈskrɑɡi/, Scottish English

/ˈskrɔɡɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English scrogghy, ( scourgy), 1500s skroggy, 1700s scrogy, 1700s–1800s scroggie.

Etymology: < scrog n. + -y suffix¹.

Chiefly Scottish and northern.

Abounding in stunted bushes or underwood. Also, of trees: Stunted.

ΚΠ

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 19 And þe wey toward þe Cite was stony, þorny, and scroggy.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 20 This stony & scourgy wey.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 131 At the mur syde in-till a scrogghy slaid.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vi. 84 Quhair now standis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhyll of wyld buskis rouch skroggy knoll.

1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 11 The clinty craigs and scrogy briers.

1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 387 We heard nought but the roaring linn Amang the braes sae scroggie.

1843 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xi. 66 A sprinkling of scroggy birches.

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

单词	scroggy
释义	scroggyadj. Brit. /ˈskrɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈskrɑɡi/, Scottish English /ˈskrɔɡɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English scrogghy, ( scourgy), 1500s skroggy, 1700s scrogy, 1700s–1800s scroggie. Etymology: < scrog n. + -y suffix¹. Chiefly Scottish and northern. Abounding in stunted bushes or underwood. Also, of trees: Stunted. ΚΠ c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 19 And þe wey toward þe Cite was stony, þorny, and scroggy. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) viii. 20 This stony & scourgy wey. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 131 At the mur syde in-till a scrogghy slaid. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vi. 84 Quhair now standis the goldin Capitoll, Vmquhyll of wyld buskis rouch skroggy knoll. 1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 11 The clinty craigs and scrogy briers. 1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 387 We heard nought but the roaring linn Amang the braes sae scroggie. 1843 Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xi. 66 A sprinkling of scroggy birches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1440
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