brushyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈbrʌʃi/, U.S.

/ˈbrəʃi/

Etymology: < brush n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Clothed or covered with ‘brush’ or brushwood.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > types of

bushya1382

ramagea1500

boskya1616

brakya1637

brushy1658

brushed1666

scrubbya1687

pine barrenc1721

bush-grown1837

stumpy1838

bush-skirted1858

bushed1868

bush-covered1873

bush-fringed1891

bush-clad1909

primary forest1909

1658 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. IX. 221 A swampy brushy meadow in the great swampe near Wenham.

1693 Mass. Prov. Acts (1892) VII. 397 Though ye way [was] now most hideous, sometimes swampy, then stony and horibly Brushy, scarce passable for Horses.

1706 Rec. Derby, Conn. 390 Bounded..east by a brushye hill side.

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) xxix The Elms..must be good Brushy Trees from Top to Bottom.

1785 A. Ellicott in Life & Lett. (1908) 47 The Hills extreme brushy, and no inhabitants within many miles.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 145 It frequents brushy hilltops.

1882 Cent. Mag. June 211 The wren Comes..from its brushy den.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

brushyadj.²

Etymology: < brush n.² + -y suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbrushy.

Brushlike; bushy, shaggy.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > rough and hairy (of things)

shaggy?1611

shagged-ragged1612

squalid1628

brushy1682

buzzy1836

brush-like1859

brushy-looking1882

whiskery1927

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. i. i. 58 Roots..neither Ramifi'd, nor yet Brushy, or divided at the Top into severall small Strings.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2273/4 Lost..Setting Dog..a black Ear, and a long brushy Tail.

1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 141 His hair was..thick and brushy.

Compounds

brushy-looking adj.

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