SHAGGINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shagginess mean? 

• SHAGGINESS (noun)
  The noun SHAGGINESS has 2 senses:

1. unkemptness of hair

2. roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs

  Familiarity information: SHAGGINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAGGINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)