Dictionary

shaggy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃeɪ̯ɡi/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
• (US) audio
• /ˈʃæɡi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English sċeacga Middle English *schagge English shag Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shaggy From shag + -y.

Meanings

1. Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
   • Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas? 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
   • a shaggy dog
   • 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. 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
2. Having a surface like shaggy hair; with a rough nap.
3. (figuratively) Confused, muddled.
   • Universal and Blumhouse’s M3gan is exactly the right amount of ridiculous, which is why it can afford to be a little shaggy toward the end. 2023 January 6, Charles Pulliam-Moore, “M3gan is a midrange delight about the horrors of 21st-century parenting”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

shaggy dog tale · shaggy dog story · shaggy inkcap · shaggy dwarf morning glory · shaggy soldier · shagginess · shaggy God story · shaggily · shaggy tuft · shaggy cut · shaggy mane

Translations (75)

fi takkuinen (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it spettinato (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · gd molach (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · kk барақ (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sh rundav (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sh рундав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · gd giobach (with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap) · es desmelenado (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · de zottelhaarig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · eo hirta (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · fi pörröinen (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it villoso (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · fi karkea (with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap) · de strubbelig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · grc λάσιος (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · mk ро́шав (with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap) · de struppig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · hu bozontos (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pl kudłaty (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · uk волохатий (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · cs chundelatý (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · grc δασύς (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · cs střapatý (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · kk сабалақ (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ga gliobach (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · mk бу́шав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · gd giobach (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · mk чо́рлав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ru лохма́тый (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · es greñudo (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ga suasánach (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · bg чорлав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · de zottig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · cs huňatý (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sv rufsig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it arruffato (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it irsuto (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · hu kócos (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · gl guedelludo (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ar أَشْعَث (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · mi tuahuru (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pl kosmaty (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · la villōsus (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sv raggig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ga mosach (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it scapigliato (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · fr hirsute (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · de zerzaust (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · es despeinado (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · uk патлатий (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · uk кудлатий (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · uk кошлатий (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pt desgrenhado (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · de zottelig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it ruvido (with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap) · it peloso (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pt felpudo (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · la hispidus (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · grc βλοσυρός (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · bg мъхнат (with a surface like shaggy hair; rough nap) · mi pūhutihuti (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ru мохна́тый (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pl rozczochrany (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pdt scheibich (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ru косма́тый (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sv lurvig (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · bg рунтав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · pl potargany (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · mk ру́нтав (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · ru патла́тый (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · sq kalesh (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it ispido (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · it cappelluto (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · es chascón (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) · es desgreñado (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool)