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▪ I. raggy, a.1|ˈrægɪ|
Also 4 raggi, 6–7 raggie.
[OE. raggiᵹ, app. f. *ragg rag n.1 (q.v.). Cf. Sw. raggig shaggy, rough.]
= ragged a.
a1100in Napier O.E. Glosses 131/5191 Setosa,..raggie, loc[code]. (Cf. ibid. 155/30 Setosa, racᵹiᵹe.) c1320Langtoft Chron. (Rolls) II. 248 The roghe raggi sculke Rug ham in helle! 1483Cath. Angl. 299/1 Raggy, fractillosus. 1567Drant Horace, Ep. ii. i. G viij, Raggie rugged rymes. 1601Holland Pliny xiv. vi, Upon a stony and raggie hill. 1750Rutty in Phil. Trans. LI. 472 A sediment..partly white and raggy. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 785 [It] sent up only weeded, raggy, and mixed crops. 1876Smiles Sc. Natur. ii. (ed. 4) 38 His clothes were thin and raggy.
Comb.1600E. Blount Hosp. Incur. Fooles 8 His traine of three or fower raggie heeld followers.
▪ II. raggy, a.2 slang.|ˈrægɪ|
[f. rag v.2 + -y1.]
Annoyed; irritated.
1900G. Swift Somerley 21 He was jolly raggy about us taking his old gee.
▪ III. raggy, a.3 orig. U.S.|ˈrægɪ|
[f. rag n.5 + -y1.]
Of music: pertaining to or resembling ragtime; characterized by ragtime.
1933Fortune Aug. 92/1 At sixteen he began to play raggy music for Washington society with Louis Thomas' orchestra. 1944W. Russell in M. T. Williams Art of Jazz (1960) iv. 36 His feeling for a joyful, raggy, and stompy rhythm. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xv. 181 Duke wove tricky, raggy, endlessly inventive variations around the Miley theme. 1958in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xv. 185 Arthur Schutt, whose raggy piano sounded on many a Mole or Nichols session. 1972Jazz & Blues Dec. 30/2 Billie's very raggy piano.
▪ IV. raggy
var. raggie. |