raggy

raggy · adjective¹

1. Old English · inherited fromraggiġ
2. Middle English · inherited fromraggy
3. English todayraggy

From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggiġ; equivalent to rag + -y.

raggy · adjective²

From rag + -y, rag being a dialectal (northern England) word for a fog or mist with drizzling rain, related to dialectal Danish rag (“sea vapour”). Compare roke, rawk, from a word for smoke (compare Swedish rök (“smoke”)), which may or may not be related.