craggy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   full of steep rocks or crags; rough and rugged

   Craggy hills rose beyond the quiet valley.

2. 2
   adj

   having strongly marked, rough, or angular features

   Years at sea had given the captain a craggy face.

Formed from crag + -y. Crag entered Middle English for a steep rock and is probably related to Celtic words such as Scottish Gaelic creag and Welsh carreg, 'rock or stone.' The adjective extended naturally from rugged landscapes to angular or weathered human features.

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