different between unshorn vs woolly
unshorn
English
Etymology
un- +? shorn
Adjective
unshorn (not comparable)
- Not shorn.
Synonyms
- unsheared
Translations
unshorn From the web:
- meaning of unshorn
- what is unshorn hair
- what does unshorn me
- what does unshorn
- what happens to unshorn sheep
woolly
English
Alternative forms
- wooly (chiefly used in the US, but less common than woolly even there)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?li/
- Rhymes: -?li
Etymology 1
From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).
Adjective
woolly (comparative woollier, superlative woolliest)
- Made of wool.
- Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
- (figuratively, of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic.
- (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
- (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
Derived terms
- woolly hat
- woolly-headed, wooly-headed
- woolly-minded (British) and (US), wooly-minded (US)
Translations
Noun
woolly (plural woollies)
- (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
- (US, slang) A sheep not yet shorn.
- A piece of woolwork.
Etymology 2
From woolyback.
Noun
woolly (plural woollies)
- (Liverpudlian slang, derogatory) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.
woolly From the web:
- what woolly mammoth eat
- what woolly bear caterpillars eat
- woolly meaning
- what woolly rhino eat
- woolly thinking meaning
- what woolly mammoth do
- what woolly monkeys eat
- what woolly mammoth means
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