snagglyadj.

/ˈsnaɡli/

Etymology: Formed as snaggle n.: see -y suffix¹.

Chiefly dialect and colloquial.

Irregular; tangled; ragged.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]

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1794 W. Clark Jrnl. 4 Aug. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1914) I. 422 The army was conducted..through intolerable thick woods & the earth covered with Snagley underwoods.

1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 269 ‘Snaggly teeth’, i.e., very irregular or ill~shaped teeth.

1968 P. S. Beagle Last Unicorn xiv. 206 Squat, snaggly trees that had never yet bloomed were putting forth flowers in the wary way an army sends out scouts.

1978 R. Jansson News Caper vi. 55 The bullet..bounced off something metal before it hit her, because the wound is all snaggly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	snaggly
释义	snagglyadj. /ˈsnaɡli/ Etymology: Formed as snaggle n.: see -y suffix¹. Chiefly dialect and colloquial. Irregular; tangled; ragged. ΘΚΠ 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 1794 W. Clark Jrnl. 4 Aug. in Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. (1914) I. 422 The army was conducted..through intolerable thick woods & the earth covered with Snagley underwoods. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 269 ‘Snaggly teeth’, i.e., very irregular or ill~shaped teeth. 1968 P. S. Beagle Last Unicorn xiv. 206 Squat, snaggly trees that had never yet bloomed were putting forth flowers in the wary way an army sends out scouts. 1978 R. Jansson News Caper vi. 55 The bullet..bounced off something metal before it hit her, because the wound is all snaggly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1794
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