"scragginess" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: scraggy + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scraggy|ness}} scraggy + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} scragginess (uncountable)
  1. Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-scragginess-en-noun-z1n7xtF8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 70 30
  2. Leanness or thinness, especially as tending toward haggardness; scrawniness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-scragginess-en-noun-xo22GYdF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scraggy, scraggily

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