craggyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkraɡi/, U.S.

/ˈkræɡi/

Forms: Also Scottish craigie, craigy.

Etymology: < crag n.¹+ -y suffix¹.

1. Abounding in or characterized by crags; of the nature of a crag, steep and rugged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > crag > [adjective]

craggy1447

cragged1572

anfractuous1845

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 108 Thys hyl is craggy and eke cavernous.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 89 Craggy rockes full of the dennes of wylde beastes.

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. cvii. 415 So inaccessible is Wales, so mountanous, and craggie.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 289 Whose Bark..Or Pinnace anchors in a craggy Bay.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 147 We..enter'd Craven, which is a very hilly and craggy Country.

1786 W. Gilpin Cumberland in Observ. Picturesque Beauty (1788) II. 227 Bunster-dale opens with a grand craggy mountain on the right.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 110 One of the hills, with two quaint, craggy peaks.

2. transferred. Hard and rough or rugged in form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]

unevenc1275

rudea1393

craggeda1400

knaggedc1430

raggedc1450

raggy1483

cocklya1529

rugged1528

knaggy1552

unlevel?a1560

craggy1568

scraggy1574

balkish1577

cockling1582

cockled1600

unequal1613

salebrous1633

scragged1641

inequal1661

unevenly1683

hummocky1767

snaggly1794

snaggy1806

hobblya1825

shreddy1835

scraggly1869

bobbly1909

pebbly1923

snaggled1938

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 18^v Weare the hart of craggie flinte or steele.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 140 Three craggy Blocks.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 101 The..craggy Part of each of these Bones.

1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xxv. 258 Neither is the swelling always irregular and craggy.

1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xxxiii. 261 The craggy, strongly lined face of the old merchant.

a. figurative. Hard to get through or deal with; rough, rugged, difficult; perilous. Obsolete (except as directly figurative of preceding senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective]

plightlyOE

wothea1300

perilousc1300

wickeda1375

plightfula1400

dreadfulc1400

parlous?a1425

shrewd1482

danger1488

dangerous1490

periculous1533

dangerful1548

dangersome1567

craggy1582

perilsome1593

endangering1601

unsafe1621

imperilous1645

ugly1654

warm1726

neck-break1756

wanchancy1768

uncanny1785

unchancy1786

nasty1828

unhealthy1915

windy1919

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 Smooth this craggye trauayl.

1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 64 Hee..brought the Commonwealth into a craggie and redoubtable danger.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1877) I. 76 The quest of it is craggy, difficult, and painful.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 Byron ‘liked something craggy to break his mind upon’.

b. Of sound: Rough, harsh. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]

hardOE

rudea1375

stern1390

rougha1400

discordanta1425

stoutc1440

hoarse1513

harsh1530

raughtish1567

rugged1567

dissonant1573

harshy1582

jarry1582

immelodious1601

cragged1605

raggeda1616

unmusicala1616

absonousa1620

unharmoniousa1634

inharmonical1683

unharmonic1694

inharmonious1715

craggy1774

pebbly1793

reedy1795

iron1807

dry1819

inharmonic1828

asperated1835

sawing1851

shrewd1876

coarse1879

callithumpian1886

dissonantal1946

ear-bending1946

sandpaper1953

1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 153 The whole passage has a broken, or rather, to borrow a metaphor from a sister art, a craggy form.

1856 Sunday at Home 134/1 Sounds that are very harsh, craggy, and grating to English ears.

Compounds

craggy-faced, craggy-forked, etc.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 365 One day he sate..Vpon a steepe Rocks craggie-forked crowne.

Derivatives

craggly adj. ? U.S. = 2.

ΚΠ

1886 Harper's Mag. Nov. 868/2 These overhanging ancient orchards, lichened and craggly..do they not speak to us?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	craggy
释义	craggyadj. Brit. /ˈkraɡi/, U.S. /ˈkræɡi/ Forms: Also Scottish craigie, craigy. Etymology: < crag n.¹+ -y suffix¹. 1. Abounding in or characterized by crags; of the nature of a crag, steep and rugged. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > crag > [adjective] craggy1447 cragged1572 anfractuous1845 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 108 Thys hyl is craggy and eke cavernous. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 89 Craggy rockes full of the dennes of wylde beastes. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. cvii. 415 So inaccessible is Wales, so mountanous, and craggie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 289 Whose Bark..Or Pinnace anchors in a craggy Bay. View more context for this quotation 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 147 We..enter'd Craven, which is a very hilly and craggy Country. 1786 W. Gilpin Cumberland in Observ. Picturesque Beauty (1788) II. 227 Bunster-dale opens with a grand craggy mountain on the right. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 110 One of the hills, with two quaint, craggy peaks. 2. transferred. Hard and rough or rugged in form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] unevenc1275 rudea1393 craggeda1400 knaggedc1430 raggedc1450 raggy1483 cocklya1529 rugged1528 knaggy1552 unlevel?a1560 craggy1568 scraggy1574 balkish1577 cockling1582 cockled1600 unequal1613 salebrous1633 scragged1641 inequal1661 unevenly1683 hummocky1767 snaggly1794 snaggy1806 hobblya1825 shreddy1835 scraggly1869 bobbly1909 pebbly1923 snaggled1938 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 18^v Weare the hart of craggie flinte or steele. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 140 Three craggy Blocks. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 101 The..craggy Part of each of these Bones. 1819 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. (ed. 4) I. i. xxv. 258 Neither is the swelling always irregular and craggy. 1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone xxxiii. 261 The craggy, strongly lined face of the old merchant. 3. a. figurative. Hard to get through or deal with; rough, rugged, difficult; perilous. Obsolete (except as directly figurative of preceding senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] plightlyOE wothea1300 perilousc1300 wickeda1375 plightfula1400 dreadfulc1400 parlous?a1425 shrewd1482 danger1488 dangerous1490 periculous1533 dangerful1548 dangersome1567 craggy1582 perilsome1593 endangering1601 unsafe1621 imperilous1645 ugly1654 warm1726 neck-break1756 wanchancy1768 uncanny1785 unchancy1786 nasty1828 unhealthy1915 windy1919 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 Smooth this craggye trauayl. 1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 64 Hee..brought the Commonwealth into a craggie and redoubtable danger. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1877) I. 76 The quest of it is craggy, difficult, and painful. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 Byron ‘liked something craggy to break his mind upon’. b. Of sound: Rough, harsh. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] hardOE rudea1375 stern1390 rougha1400 discordanta1425 stoutc1440 hoarse1513 harsh1530 raughtish1567 rugged1567 dissonant1573 harshy1582 jarry1582 immelodious1601 cragged1605 raggeda1616 unmusicala1616 absonousa1620 unharmoniousa1634 inharmonical1683 unharmonic1694 inharmonious1715 craggy1774 pebbly1793 reedy1795 iron1807 dry1819 inharmonic1828 asperated1835 sawing1851 shrewd1876 coarse1879 callithumpian1886 dissonantal1946 ear-bending1946 sandpaper1953 1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 153 The whole passage has a broken, or rather, to borrow a metaphor from a sister art, a craggy form. 1856 Sunday at Home 134/1 Sounds that are very harsh, craggy, and grating to English ears. Compounds craggy-faced, craggy-forked, etc. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 365 One day he sate..Vpon a steepe Rocks craggie-forked crowne. Derivatives craggly adj. ? U.S. = 2. ΚΠ 1886 Harper's Mag. Nov. 868/2 These overhanging ancient orchards, lichened and craggly..do they not speak to us? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1447
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