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swaggy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈswɒɡi/ (UK)
  • /ˈswæ.ɡi/ (US)

Etymology

From swag + -y.

Meanings

  1. Inclined to swag; saggy.
    • There was leather everywhere—the soft stuff that would make good gloves—and gilt everything, and the crystal chandeliers were even bigger than in the front of the house, the rugs even fancier, and the drapes even swaggier. 2015, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir: A Jane Yellowrock Novel, page 237:
    • swaggy and prominent belly 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

Forms

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swaggiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
swaggier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

swaggy en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈswɒɡi/ (UK)
  • /ˈswæ.ɡi/ (US)

Etymology

From swag + -y.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of swaggie.
    alt of swaggie

Forms

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swaggies Number=Plur lexicographic

swaggy en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈswɒɡi/ (UK)
  • /ˈswæ.ɡi/ (US)

Etymology

From swag + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Characteristic of swag; stylish
    • His psongs^([sic]) grew more #confident, his swag swaggier, and his skin became something like unto a gallery at the Skeevetown Museum of Art. 2014, David Javerbaum, The Book of Bieb:

Forms

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swaggiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
swaggier Degree=Cmp lexicographic