[syn: shagged, shaggy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shaggy \Shag"gy\, a. [Compar. Shaggier; superl. Shaggiest.]
[From Shag, n.]
Rough with long hair or wool.
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About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. --Dryden.
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2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. --Milton.
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[A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell.
--Keble.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shaggy
adj 1: used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a
shaggy beard" [syn: bushy, shaggy, shaggy-haired,
shaggy-coated]
2: having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags;
"junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" [syn:
shagged, shaggy]