Bushy
/ΛbΚΚi/noun
Covered with, resembling, or full of bushes; also having thick, abundant hair or fur.
Did you know?The word ultimately traces back to a medieval English form meaning a bush or shrub, and its shape was later extended to hair and fur that grows thickly like tangled undergrowth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*busk-
βbush, shrubβ
Old French
OF
bosc
βwood, thicketβ
Middle English
ME
busshy
βfull of bushes; overgrownβ
15th Century
English
bushy
βcovered with bushes or thick growthβ
Modern English
English
bushy
βthickly covered or having abundant hair or furβ