different between irregularity vs scragginess

English

Etymology

From Middle French irrégularité, from Medieval Latin irregularitas

Morphologically irregular +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?r?.?j?.?læ.r?.ti/

Noun

irregularity (countable and uncountable, plural irregularities)

1. (countable) An instance of being irregular.
2. (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
3. (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.

   an irregularity of surface

4. (countable) A violation of rules.

   An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.

5. (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).

Synonyms

• (state of being irregular): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity

Antonyms

• regularity

Related terms

• irregular

Translations

English

Etymology

scraggy +? -ness

Noun

scragginess (uncountable)

1. Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness.
   • 2004, Norman R. Beaupré, Marginal Enemies, ?ISBN, p. 59:

     He wore the scragginess of an unshaven face like a lost man in pursuit of some safe harbor.

2. Leanness or thinness, especially as tending toward haggardness; scrawniness.
   • 1900, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, "A Wrong Altar" in Cupid's Garden.

     [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.

   • 1922, Elinor Glyn, Man and Maid, ch. 21:

     There is not the least look of scragginess about her, just extreme slenderness, a small-boned creature of perhaps five foot four or five.

Related terms

• scraggy
• scraggily