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raggy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

ragginess

raggy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Yorkshire, dialectal, especially, obsolete, possibly, qualifier: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:

raggy en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”).
   alt of ragi