shaggy

shaggy
['ʃægɪ]
aggettivo [hair, beard, eyebrows] lungo e ispido; [animal] a pelo lungo; [carpet] a pelo lungo e ispido
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['ʃæɡi]
adjective
((covered with hair, fur etc that is) rough and untidy in appearance: The dog had a shaggy coat; a shaggy dog.) ispido, irsuto; (dal pelo lungo)
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shaggy /ˈʃægɪ/
a.
1 dal pelo lungo; irsuto; ispido; velloso; villoso: a shaggy dog, un cane dal pelo lungo; a shaggy beard, una barba ispida
2 aspro; ruvido; scabro: shaggy wool, lana ruvida
3 (di terreno) coperto di erbacce; sterposo
4 (bot.) peloso; vellutato
a shaggy-dog story, una lunga storiella comica, con finale paradossale; una barzelletta lunga e priva di senso
shagginess
n. [u]
1 pelosità; ispidezza; villosità
2 asprezza; ruvidezza; scabrosità.
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['ʃægɪ]
aggettivo [hair, beard, eyebrows] lungo e ispido; [animal] a pelo lungo; [carpet] a pelo lungo e ispido

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
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