shreddyadj.
/ˈʃrɛdi/ Consisting of or resembling shreds; hanging in shreds, ragged.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]
unevenc1275
rudea1393
craggeda1400
knaggedc1430
raggedc1450
raggy1483
cocklya1529
rugged1528
knaggy1552
unlevel?a1560
craggy1568
scraggy1574
balkish1577
cockling1582
cockled1600
unequal1613
salebrous1633
scragged1641
inequal1661
unevenly1683
hummocky1767
snaggly1794
snaggy1806
hobblya1825
shreddy1835
scraggly1869
bobbly1909
pebbly1923
snaggled1938
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > ragged or tattered
fitteredc1380
rattedc1400
fluttered1589
shagged-ragged1612
betattereda1704
tatterly1739
Falstaffian1809
out-of-elbowa1820
shreddy1835
raggedy1836
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 61/2 An ash-coloured, fetid, semifluid pulp, mixed with shreddy filaments.
1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 49 His vest..sombre-hued and shreddy with long service.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 142 [The hepatic substance] is found projecting in shreddy masses into the pus.
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