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shagginess

/ʃˈæɡɪnəs/ noun

The property of being shaggy.

Word Origin From Old English sceacga, meaning 'rough matted hair' — you can almost picture a shaggy dog. The adjective shaggy (shag+y) describes that unkempt, hairy look, and shagginess is the noun form. The same root gives us shagbark, a tree with rough bark.

noun The property of being shaggy. countable

The shagginess of the dog's coat required frequent grooming.

(名词) 蓬乱；毛发蓬松；乱蓬蓬

狗毛的蓬乱需要频繁梳理。

(sustantivo) lo peludo; lo greñudo; lo enmarañado [La cualidad de ser peludo o lanudo.]

Lo lanudo del pelaje del perro requería cepillado frecuente.

(nom) caractère hirsute; aspect broussailleux; caractère broussailleux; hirsutisme [Caractère de ce qui est hirsute, touffu ou couvert de poils longs et épais.]

Le pelage hirsute du chien nécessitait un toilettage fréquent.

(Substantiv) Zotteligkeit; Struppigkeit; Zerzaustheit [Der Zustand, struppig, zottelig oder unordentlich behaart zu sein, besonders bei Tieren oder Oberflächen.]

Die **shagginess** des Hundefells erforderte regelmäßiges Bürsten.

(名詞) もじゃもじゃしていること。毛が粗くて長く、ぼさぼさしている状態。

犬の毛のもじゃもじゃには頻繁なグルーミングが必要だった。

(substantivo) desgrenhamento; hirsutismo [A propriedade de ser peludo ou desgrenhado.]

A pelugem desgrenhada do cão exigia cuidados frequentes.

Synonyms: hairiness fuzziness roughness bristliness hirsuteness fluffiness woolliness unkemptness Antonyms: smoothness baldness sleekness tidiness
Word parts: shag + y + ness

Related words

shag shaggy shaggily

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