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Vinony

scruffy

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌf.i/ / /ˈskɹaf.i/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English scruff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scruffy From scruff + -y.

  1. Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

    “A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.”

    “scruffy clothes”

  2. Scurfy.

name

Etymology: From scruffy.

  1. A given name for a dog.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English scruff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English scruffy From scruff + -y.

  1. 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".
  2. An arctic fox.

    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:scruffy.”