ruggiest
ruggiest is the superlative form of ruggy.
Meaning of ruggy
Adjective
ruggy (comparative ruggier or more ruggy, superlative ruggiest or most ruggy)
- Frusty, frowsy.
- The district is mountainous, and the mountains are among the ruggiest on the face of the earth, huge masses of broken crags, precipices many hundreds of feet in height, inaccessible peaks the sides of which are covered with snow that never melts.1897 September 3, “Thousands Massacred”, in Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, number 28, Pittsburgh, Penn., section “A Previous War of the English With the Afghans in Which a Whole Army Perished”, page...
- Of, relating to, or resembling a rug.
- Everyone but the Terrys had given Alice rugs. It was the ruggiest wedding the world had ever known.1933 July 9, Ellis Parker Butler, “Enough Is Sufficient”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LII, page 16, column 2
Questions about ruggiest
- What is ruggiest the superlative form of?
- Ruggiest is the superlative form of ruggy.
Words near ruggiest in the dictionary
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