hogget
2 synonyms for hogget, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A sheep aged roughly nine to eighteen months, before it grows its second pair of teeth.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English hogget, which derived from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus.
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