draggle en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɹæɡəl/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English dragen Middle English draggen Low German draggeinflu. English drag Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English draggle From drag + -le.
Meanings
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To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground.
The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Chapter 22”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:[If] it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome.
1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “拖 (thoa)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 593:[…] with draggled nets down-hanging to the tide […]
1844, Richard Chenevix Trench, “The Herring Fishers of Lockfynk”, in The Story of Justin Martyr: Sabbation and Other Poems:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| draggling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| draggled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| draggled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| draggles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |