shaggy

English

Etymology

shag +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæɡi/

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  Rhymes: -æɡi

Adjective

shaggy (comparative shaggier, superlative shaggiest)

1. With long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC:

     They waited until Dorothy awoke the next morning. The little girl was quite frightened when she saw the great pile of shaggy wolves, but the Tin Woodman told her all. She thanked him for saving them and sat down to breakfast, after which they started again upon their journey.

2. With a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap.

Derived terms

• shaggily
• shagginess
• shaggy dog story

Translations

with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool

• Albanian: kalesh (sq)
• Bulgarian: чорлав (bg) (čorlav), рунтав (bg) (runtav)
• Czech: huňatý, chundelatý, střapatý
• Esperanto: hirta
• Finnish: takkuinen (fi), pörröinen
• French: hirsute (fr)
• Galician: guedelludo
• German: zottelig (de), zottig, zottelhaarig, struppig (de), strubbelig, zerzaust (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δασύς (dasús), λάσιος (lásios), βλοσυρός (blosurós)

• Hungarian: kócos (hu)
• Irish: mosach, suasánach
• Italian: ispido (it) m, irsuto (it) m, villoso, peloso (it), cappelluto, arruffato (it), scapigliato (it), spettinato (it)
• Kazakh: сабалақ (sabalaq), барақ (baraq)
• Latin: hispidus, villōsus
• Macedonian: чо́рлав (čórlav), ру́нтав (rúntav), бу́шав (búšav)
• Maori: tuahuru, pūhutihuti
• Plautdietsch: scheibich
• Polish: kudłaty (pl) m, kosmaty (pl) m
• Portuguese: felpudo (pt), desgrenhado (pt)
• Russian: косма́тый (ru) (kosmátyj), мохна́тый (ru) (moxnátyj), лохма́тый (ru) (loxmátyj), патла́тый (ru) (patlátyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: giobach, molach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рундав

  Roman: rundav (sh)

• Spanish: greñudo (es), desgreñado (es), despeinado (es), desmelenado (es), chascón (es) (Chile, Bolivia)
• Swedish: raggig (sv), lurvig (sv), rufsig (sv)
• Ukrainian: кудлатий m (kudlatyj), кошлатий m (košlatyj), волохатий m (voloxatyj), патлатий m (patlatyj)

with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap

• Bulgarian: мъхнат (bg) (mǎhnat)
• Finnish: karkea (fi)
• Italian: ruvido (it)
• Macedonian: ро́шав (róšav)
• Scottish Gaelic: giobach

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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} păros (ro), ^{(please verify)} neîngrijit (ro), ^{(please verify)} aspru (ro), ^{(please verify)} neras (ro)