Timeline for Is there a pithy adjective for "shedding profusely"?
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| May 18, 2015 at 15:14 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Quite. But "a lot of hair" is "more than a few strands" where humans are concerned, surely? | |
| May 18, 2015 at 15:12 | comment | added | MichaelChirico | I thought "a lot of" in the title would suffice, though I'm open to suggestions. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | In that case you should put the distinction in the question. As I've no experience of dogs, I wouldn't know which was which. And actually, moulting does indicate quantity: it's "an amount corresponding to seasonal loss; far more than normal day-to-day amounts". | |
| May 18, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | MichaelChirico | Still, the emphasis should be on quantity, which molting misses--both poodles and golden retrievers molt, but one is much more of a hassle to have than the other (in this regard). My word would differentiate these two. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 13:43 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Well, having owned a cat which shed hair everywhere each Spring, I think moulting is fine. The point is that using moulting is humorous: animals moult, not humans [it's not really seemly to discuss losing body hair like fur]; animals only moult when the weather warms up and they don't need a thicker winter coat [whereas your roommate is moulting continuously]. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 13:38 | comment | added | MichaelChirico |
Perhaps a repurposing of molting would do, something like moltative / moltuous / moltariffic that conveys the meaning through emphasis.
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| May 18, 2015 at 13:35 | comment | added | MichaelChirico | I had thought of molt/molting, but it's unsatisfactory for a few reasons: 1) I always associated "molt" with skin/feathers, though the definition shows hair is clearly suitable; 2) "molting" hits me immediately as a verb usage-- "my molting roommate" evokes a roommate in the process of molting, i.e., actively shedding skin (though context helps clarify the usage); 3) I don't get the feeling that "molting" has any connotation of the quantity of hair, which is central. | |
| May 18, 2015 at 11:47 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | (I once had a roommate who was almost furry, but he was scrupulously careful about not blocking plugholes.) | |
| May 18, 2015 at 11:44 | history | answered | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |