adj
roddy
adj
1
Covered in or made up of thin rods or twigs.
"The roddy undergrowth made the path hard to walk."
"Old hedgerows can turn roddy and tangled if left untrimmed for years."
How to Use Roddy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFull of thin sticks or rod-like growth — a rare, descriptive word mostly seen in older or dialect writing.
Memory tip
This is an uncommon word today — you're far more likely to meet Roddy as a nickname for Roderick or Rodger.
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more roddy comparative, Roddys plural, most roddy superlative
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Etymology
Formed from rod plus the adjective-forming suffix -y.