scruffy

== English == === Etymology === From scruff + -y. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈskɹʌf.i/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈskɹaf.i/ Rhymes: -ʌfi === Adjective === scruffy (comparative scruffier, superlative scruffiest) Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby. Scurfy. ==== Derived terms ==== scruffily scruffiness scruffy chic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== scruff === Noun === scruffy (plural scruffies) (informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats". (Alaska, slang) An arctic fox. For quotations using this term, see Citations:scruffy.