raggy

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adjective

Raglike; like a rag.

OriginMiddle English raggy ← Old English raggiġ →
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Meanings

raggy1

adjectiveraggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest)

comparative raggier · superlative raggiest

  1. Raglike; like a rag.
  2. Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
  3. Similar in style to ragtime music.

raggy2

adjective
  1. YorkshiredialectalespeciallyobsoletepossiblyLancashireFoggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.

    It looks a bit rough wi' lyin' out thoose raggy neets.

    1874 (edition of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, page 157
    1 more example

    It's been nobbut raggy weather up o' the moors this winter.

    1892, David Grieve, Ward, III, book IV, vi

raggy3

nounraggy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).

Synonyms & antonyms

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tattered

Origin

raggy · adjective

  1. Old Englishraggiġ
  2. Middle Englishraggy
  3. Englishraggy

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

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raggy · adjective

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

aggry
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Chicago

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