brambly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bramble

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English brambly

From bramble + -y.

Adjective

brambly (comparative bramblier, superlative brambliest)

1. Covered in brambles
2. Rough; harsh or grating.
   • December 2004, "500 Greatest Songs of All Time - Bob Dylan, 'Blowin' in the Wind'", in The Rolling Stone

     everyone knew the song belonged to the burning-eyed young man who ruled New York's folk scene, and whose recording of it — just his brambly voice and fleet-fingered acoustic-guitar playing — was definitive

Translations

covered in brambles

• Catalan: bardissenc
• Irish: driseach
• Italian: dumoso
• Welsh: mierog, drysïog