raggy
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggiġ; equivalent to rag -y.
Adjective
[edit]raggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest)
Etymology 2
[edit]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”).[1][2] Compare roke, rawk, from a word for smoke (compare Swedish rök (“smoke”)), which may or may not be related.
Adjective
[edit]raggy
- (dialectal, especially Yorkshire, Lancashire, possibly obsolete) Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
- 1874 (edition of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, page 157:
- It looks a bit rough wi' lyin' out thoose raggy neets.
- 1892, David Grieve, Ward, III, book IV, vi:
- It's been nobbut raggy weather up o' the moors this winter.
- 1874 (edition of 1879), Waugh, Chim. Corner, page 157:
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]raggy (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”)
References
[edit]- ^ Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “RAG, n.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
- ^ James Stephen Ferrall, Danish-English Dictionary (1845), page 257
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English raggiġ; equivalent to ragge -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]raggy
Descendants
[edit]- English: raggy
References
[edit]- “raggī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
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