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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggiġ; equivalent to rag + -y.
Adjective
raggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest)
- Raglike; like a rag.
- Scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
- Similar in style to ragtime music.
Etymology 2
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.
Adjective
raggy
- (dialectal, especially Yorkshire, Lancashire, possibly obsolete) Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
- 1874 (edition of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, page 157:
- It looks a bit rough wi' lyin' out thoose raggy neets.
1892, David Grieve, Ward, III, book IV, vi:It's been nobbut raggy weather up o' the moors this winter.
Etymology 3
Noun
raggy (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”)
References
- ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “RAG, n.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, , publisher to the English Dialect Society, ; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
- ^ James Stephen Ferrall, Danish-English Dictionary (1845), page 257
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English raggiġ; equivalent to ragge + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
raggy
- ragged; raggy
- shaggy
Descendants
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