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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

  1. (rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.
  2. (obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  3. (obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
  4. Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
  5. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  6. Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.

Forms

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most shagged Degree=Sup lexicographic
more shagged Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of shag
    form 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

  1. (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

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most shagged Degree=Sup lexicographic
more shagged Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

shagged out

wikipedia: Kentish dialect