Rough

Morpheme

Rough

Type

free base

Denotation

not smooth, course, hairy, shaggy, uneven

Etymology

Middle English rough, roughe, roȝe, row, rou, ru, ruȝ, ruh; Old English rūg, rūh

Evidence

rough, roughcast, roughed, roughen, roughened, roughening, roughens, rougher, roughest, roughhouse, roughing, roughly, roughness, roughrider, roughshod, roughspun, unrough

Notes

homophone of Ruff and Ruffe