shagginess

6.1

Being covered with long, thick, untidy hair or fur

noun
/ˈʃæɡiˌnəs/

: desaliño

Her jacket was made of fabric with a beautiful shagginess that added texture to her outfit.

Examples

I fervently attacked my menacing hide of beastly shagginess and managed to pull off a state of continuous hairlessness for over a year.

Fiction book (2001)
But she argued that there was a notable pre-1980 shagginess to my hair.

Blog text (10)
There is a shagginess to this hour that I love.

Academic text (1994)
Or at least my hair, descending in formal shagginess.

Blog text (3)
The dog's shagginess made it look both unique and slightly unkempt.
I noticed the shagginess of the old carpet in the living room when we moved the furniture.

Synonyms

hairiness

vsshagginess

1 2.5

A lot of hair on a person, animal, or plant

is specific to long thick rough or untidy hair covering

pilosity

vsshagginess

Specialized

9.9

Amount of hair on a person or an animal

focuses on long thick rough or untidy hair rather than mere presence

Antonyms

smoothness

1 2.6

How something works without pauses or problems

sleekness

1 3.9

A smooth, neat, and stylish appearance that looks well dressed

How Shaggy

shagginess

6.1

matted

1 5.3

fuzziness

2 5.8

smoothness

5 1.9

Surface Forms

shagginess singular

shagginesses plural

Morphology

shagginess = shaggy (transparent) = shaggy + ness

Formed regularly from the adjective 'shaggy' with the deverbal noun-forming suffix '-ness', preserving the adjectival meaning.

Etymology

The word shagginess comes from the adjective shaggy, which in turn comes from the noun shag meaning 'rough hair' or the long, thick fibers you find in a shag carpet. So shagginess is the state of being covered with long, thick, rough, or untidy hair or fibers.