SCRUFFY

scruffy, seedy

(adjective) shabby and untidy; “a surge of ragged scruffy children”; “he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin”- Mark Twain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Scruffy

Name for a dog.

Etymology

Adjective

scruffy (comparative scruffier, superlative scruffiest)

Untidy in appearance.

Scurfy.

Noun

scruffy (plural scruffies)

(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

5 April 2025

SET

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”


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