shagged

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adjective

Having or covered with shaggy hair.

Similar
shaggyroughunsmooth
OriginOld English sceacgede ← Proto-Germanic *skaggiją ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- →
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Meanings

shagged1

adjectiveshagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

comparative more shagged · superlative most shagged

  1. rareHaving or covered with shaggy hair.
  2. obsoleteUnkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  3. obsoleteOf garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
  4. Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
  5. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  6. Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of shag

shagged2

adjectiveshagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

comparative more shagged · superlative most shagged

  1. slangvulgarExtremely tired.

    An Sal sung out, "why dis here wall, / It looks sa old an hagged; / I'm mortally afared 'twill fall / An I was deadly shagged.

    a. 1821, John White Masters, Dick and Sal at Canterbury Fair
    1 more example

    No, I am shagged, for I know, / Jack Ragaboy, awhile ago, / Got sorely flogg'd for begging there; / The beadle had him to the may'r!"

    1790, Edward Nairne, “The Beggars”, in Kentish Tales, 2nd edition, published 1824, page 51

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

Similar
shaggyroughunsmooth
Also see
harshjaggedroughscrewedshaggy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

shagged · adjective, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kek-
  2. Proto-Germanic*skaggiją“beard, stem”
  3. Old Englishsceacgede
  4. Englishshagged

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

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shagged · adjective

Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.

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