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shagged en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).
Meanings
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(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.
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(obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
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(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
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Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
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Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
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Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
Forms
Deriveds
shaggedness
shagged en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of shag
Deriveds
unshagged
shagged en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.
Meanings
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(slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.
An Sal sung out, "why dis here wall, / It looks sa old an hagged; / I'm mortally afared 'twill fall / An I was deadly shagged.
a. 1821, John White Masters, Dick and Sal at Canterbury Fair:No, I am shagged, for I know, / Jack Ragaboy, awhile ago, / Got sorely flogg'd for begging there; / The beadle had him to the may'r!"
1790, Edward Nairne, “The Beggars”, in Kentish Tales, 2nd edition, published 1824, page 51:
Forms
Deriveds
shagged out
wikipedia: Kentish dialect