SCRAGGY

jagged, jaggy, scraggy

(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline; “the jagged outline of the crags”; “scraggy cliffs”

scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

(adjective) being very thin; “a child with skinny freckled legs”; “a long scrawny neck”; “pale bony hands”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

scraggy (comparative scraggier, superlative scraggiest)

Rough and irregular; jagged.

Lean or thin, scrawny.

Source: Wiktionary


Scrag"gy, a. [Compar. Scragger; superl. Scraggiest.]

1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock." J. Philips.

2. Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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