shaggytuft

English

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Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Old English sċeacga
    Middle English *schagge
    English shag
    Proto-Indo-European *-kos
    Proto-Germanic *-gaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-g
    Old English -iġ
    Middle English -y
    English -y
    English shaggy
    English tuft
    English shaggytuft

    From shaggy + tuft.

    Noun

    shaggytuft

    1. (obsolete, 1940s) A rug made of cotton shag.
      • 1938, Rug Profits, volume 28:
        Shaggytuft, a high pile shaggy surfaced cotton rug with a lustrous sheen which is laundered and pre-shrunk. Shaggytuft is shown in 20 decorative colors, including chartreuse, gray, dusty rose, cantaloupe, golden glow […]
      • 1942, Interiors, volume 101, number 8, page 68:
        SHAGGYTUFT. . . newest and smartest of the increasingly popular shaggy-texture fabrics . . . rich, thick and luxuriously soft . . . and REVERSIBLE!
      • 1948 June 5, “BEDROOM RUGS”, in The Daily Colonist‎[1], Victoria, B.C., page 7:
        SHAGGY TUFT - All-cotton loop pile on heavy canvas makes this a luxurious rug for your bedroom.
    2. (botany) Any of the genus Stenandrium of flowering plants.
      Synonyms: stenandrium, gerardia
      • 1979, Richard Spellenberg, “Shaggy Tuft (Stenandrium barbatum)”, in The Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers, western region, page 316:
        A dwarf, tufted, grayish plant with short spikes of pink-rose bilateral flowers nestled among the leaves.

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