bristly
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
bristly
- /ˈbɹɪsli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.
adjective bristlier · bristliest · brisly
- Covered with bristles. He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous.
- Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
Translations
Talk about this word "bristly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bristly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bristly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bristly "bristly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bristly.Cite this
@misc{bristly_2026,
title = {bristly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bristly},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
