Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scragginess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scrag-gi-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness.

Uncountable

noun

Leanness or thinness, especially as tending toward haggardness; scrawniness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He wore the scragginess of an unshaven face like a lost man in pursuit of some safe harbor."
"[I]f Marian's girlish slimness showed faint, prophetic signs of degenerating into scragginess, George was still far too deeply in love to heed such evil and irreverent prophecies."
"There is not the least look of scragginess about her, just extreme slenderness, a small-boned creature of perhaps five foot four or five."

Etymology

From scraggy + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scraggy

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

scraggy scraggily

Questions

What does scragginess mean?: Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness.
Where does scragginess come from?: From scraggy + -ness.

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