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SHAGGINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("shagginess" is a kind of...):
raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)
Derivation:
shaggy (having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unkemptness of hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shagginess" is a kind of...):
sloppiness; slovenliness; unkemptness (a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for)
Derivation:
shaggy (used of hair; thick and poorly groomed)
