See Also: rumption(dictionary)
scraggy(1)(dictionary)
scraggy(2)(dictionary)
scraggy(dictionary)

scraggy(1) (iou) and rumption (iou)


scraggy(1) (iou)



scraggy adjective1. ['skragi] ME.
[from SCRAG noun2 + -Y1.]
Rough, irregular, or broken in outline or contour; (of a rock) rugged; (of a stem or branch) knotted; (of a tree) ragged, stunted.
J. P. Philips A scraggy Rock..Half overshades the Ocean. Carlyle There is game abundant in the scraggy woodlands.
? Rare before L16.
scraggily adverb1 L19.
scragginess noun1 L19.

rumption (iou)



rumption noun. Scot. & north. E19.
[Blend of RUMPUS and RUCTION. Cf. earlier POLRUMPTIOUS.]
A rumpus, an uproar.