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scroggy

scroggy adjective: abounding in scrog.

Adjective

scroggy (comparative more scroggy, superlative most scroggy)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Abounding in scrog.
    • O 'tis a lonely scroggy Glen!1803, The Scots Magazine
    • They passed through some scroggy woods skirting the side of a beautiful green hill, which they ascended half way.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 164
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) twisted; stunted

Forms of scroggy

comparativemore scroggy
superlativemost scroggy

Origin of scroggy

From scrog + -y.

Words that rhyme with scroggy

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about scroggy

What does scroggy mean?
Scroggy means abounding in scrog.
What part of speech is scroggy?
Scroggy is an adjective.

Words near scroggy in the dictionary

  1. scrog
  2. scroggin
  3. Scroggins
  4. Scroggs
  5. Scroggses
  6. scroggy
  7. Scrogham
  8. Scroghams
  9. scrogs
  10. scroll
  11. scroll bar

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