raggy

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English raggy, from Old English raggiġ; equivalent to rag +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== raggy (comparative raggier, superlative raggiest) Raglike; like a rag. Scruffy; tending to dress in rags. Similar in style to ragtime music. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== 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. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== raggy (uncountable) Alternative form of ragi (“finger millet”). === References === === Anagrams === aggry == Middle English == === Alternative forms === raggi === Etymology === From Old English raggiġ; equivalent to ragge +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈraɡiː/ === Adjective === raggy ragged; raggy shaggy ==== Descendants ==== English: raggy ==== References ==== “raggī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2018.