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raggy

raggy adjective: raglike; like a rag. Also the alternative form of ragi.

Adjective (1)

raggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest)

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

Adjective (2)

raggy

  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal, especially, obsolete, possibly, Lancashire) Foggy, 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
    • It's been nobbut raggy weather up o' the moors this winter.1892, David Grieve, Ward, III, book IV, vi

Also used as

raggy is also the alternative form of ragi.

Forms of raggy

comparativeraggier
superlativeraggiest

Origin of raggy

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

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.

Words formed from raggy

Questions about raggy

What does raggy mean?
Raggy means raglike; like a rag.
What part of speech is raggy?
Raggy is an adjective.

Words near raggy in the dictionary

  1. raggle-taggle
  2. raggled
  3. raggles
  4. raggling
  5. ragguled
  6. raggy
  7. Raghav
  8. Raghava
  9. Raghavan
  10. Raghavans
  11. Raghda

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