raggedyadj.

Brit.

/ˈraɡᵻdi/, U.S.

/ˈræɡədi/, Irish English

/ˈræɡədi/

Forms:

α. 1800s– raggedy.

β. 1800s– raggety, 1800s– raggity.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ragged adj.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < ragged adj.¹ + -y suffix¹.With quots. 1844 at sense 1b and 1846 at sense 1a compare the refrain of the ballad Billy Barlow (c1836) O dear, raggedy o, Now isn't it hard upon Billy Barlow.

Chiefly U.S. regional, British regional, and Irish English.

a. Of a person: having a ragged appearance; wearing ragged clothes.

ΚΠ

1831 Tralee (County Kerry) Mercury 5 Oct. 3/3 He met a poor raggedy labourer working in a dyke.

1846 Lima (Ohio) Argus 1 Dec. So don't let this brodder go raggedy, O, Nor drive him back home to his massa–no, no!

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 211 Fore and aft of the herd there were raggety boys holding the beasts in check.

1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxiv. 462 A raggedy kid with no shoes.

1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day iii. 38 The bridge..was lined..with raggedy men.

2003 E. Cooney Death in Slow Motion 63 The housekeeper gave a lot of food to raggedy men who came to the kitchen door.

b. Of clothing: torn, frayed, in rags.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > ragged or tattered

fitteredc1380

rattedc1400

fluttered1589

shagged-ragged1612

betattereda1704

tatterly1739

Falstaffian1809

out-of-elbowa1820

shreddy1835

raggedy1836

1836 Morning Reg. (Dublin) 18 Mar. 3/3 The man had a dark, raggedy, loose coat on him.

1844 Spirit of Times 20 Apr. 86/2 Nine boys in ‘Raggedy oh’ costume, were sent to the work-house the other day.

1845 Spirit of Times 22 Mar. 34/3 The childer's clothes was gittin' monstrous raggedy.

1893 Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Adv. Sci., Lit., & Art 25 201 My smock's a-got cruel raggety, I sim.

1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Oct. 62/2 Mostly she is wearing raggedy clothes and busted shoes.

1967 H. Porter in Coast to Coast 1965–6 171 Underwear got more raggedy.

1995 L. Gough Heartbreaker xxiii. 211 A trio of kids in raggedy shorts and T's and hundred-dollar sneakers were playing lane hockey.

c. Esp. in African-American usage: miserable, meagre; dilapidated, shabby.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > very

subter-superlative1655

terrible1775

third-rate1814

ternary1826

tenth-rate1834

No. Ten1880

tenth-remove1905

awful1916

raggedy1921

stinko1924

piss-poor1945

number ten1953

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous

brychec1000

forcrazedc1320

falling-downc1384

ruinousc1384

forwordenc1450

ruin1467

failed1490

ruinatea1538

ruinated1555

ruined1560

ragged1565

dilapidate1590

through-shot1596

tattered1599

tottered1615

dilapidateda1806

delabrated1813

broken-down1816

tumble-down1819

run-down1832

tumblyc1855

raggedy1921

shot through1926

shot to hell or pieces1926

raddled1949

1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones 158 What good is gittin' money if you stays back in dis raggedy country?

1958 J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 77 Dis po' membuh, drivin' his ole raggedy T-model Fo'd to de chu'ch-house steps, is a disgrace to de whole membuhship.

1970 L. Meriwether Daddy was Number Runner (1986) 109 I was reading ‘Home to Harlem’ by Claude McKay and it was strange to discover that someone had written about these same raggedy streets I knew so well.

1989 B. M. Cooper & T. L. Wright New Jack City (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 22 The basketball courts..are too raggedy, and the kids need a place to play when it gets cold.

2003 A. Valdes-Rodriguez Dirty Girls Social Club 281 We pull up to the brown, raggedy triple-decker his sister lives in.

2. Rough, irregular, or straggling; unkempt.

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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > irregular in shape

uneven1398

bastard1418

raggedc1450

odd1508

unruled1551

irregular1584

inordinate1667

rambling1676

odd-shaped1704

bizarre1824

scrawled1895

raggedy1896

scrawly1901

free-form1942

1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 358/1 Raggedy white patch between the shoulders..looked like somebody had hit him with a snow-ball.

1899 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Dec. 2/1 A man with..unpleasant-looking, raggedy teeth.

1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold v. 40 There was a raggedy blackberry hedge all round the field.

1938 L. Mumford Whither Honolulu? v. 16 Cities throughout America have been..over-extending themselves in raggedy fragments.

1979 G. Petrie Hand of Glory xxiv. 261 You came riding in..on raggety ponies.

2005 J. Barth Where Three Roads Meet 64 Long raggedy hair and beard, patchwork clothes like some displaced Robinson Crusoe's.

3. Of music or rhythm: irregular, uneven, syncopated; converted to ragtime. Cf. ragged adj.⁵

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm

well-modulated1721

zoppa1740

bright1872

polymetric1878

swinging1884

ragtime1896

ragtimey1901

polymetrical1908

foot-tapping1915

toe-tapping1929

swingy1933

sewing machine1934

rocking1935

ricky-tick1939

raggedy1949

ricky-ticky1949

beaty1956

square1958

polymetred1966

head-nodding1967

1949 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (new ed.) viii. 186 The tempo is buoyant, the beat is alive, and the rhythm is very raggedy.

1975 New Yorker 19 May 113/2 A casual encounter between a boy and a girl who compete to the piled-up, off-center rhythms of many raggedy dances.

1999 J. E. Hasse in H. Carmichael Stardust Road (new ed.) Introd. p. vi There was the newfangled ragtime his mother played, rocking the piano as she beat out the raggedy rhythms of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.

Compounds

Raggedy Andy n. U.S. a rag doll, the male counterpart of Raggedy Ann; frequently attributive.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > rag-doll

mop1440

moppet1682

rag baby1707

rag doll1752

Raggedy Ann1918

Raggedy Andy1920

1920 J. Gruelle Raggedy Andy Stories 2 Gran'ma had told Daddy..that at the time Raggedy Ann was made, a neighbor lady had made a boy doll, Raggedy Andy.

1974 News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 5- a/1 He was honored with a family party at his home with guests enjoying Raggedy Andy Cake.

2004 C. Ozick Heir to Glimmering World 118 He would have to be the Bear Boy in buckled shoes and long bangs and flounced collars all the rest of his life, like a Raggedy Andy doll that never changed its clothes.

Raggedy Ann n. originally U.S. a rag doll with short, mop-like, red hair; frequently attributive.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > rag-doll

mop1440

moppet1682

rag baby1707

rag doll1752

Raggedy Ann1918

Raggedy Andy1920

1918 J. Gruelle Raggedy Ann Stories Pref. To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, I dedicate these stories of Raggedy Ann.

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 124/2 Raggedy Ann costume, costume taken from child's story book about a stuffed doll. Consists of bright colored patched skirt, patched apron, simple white blouse, white socks and black shoes. Usually worn with ragged woolen wig.

1967 Southerly 27 209 Katrina..brushed the short, raggedy-ann hair until it shone.

2003 J. E. Lawson Sick: Anthol. of Illness 103 She held a Raggedy Ann doll and mouthed something.

raggedy-ass adj. [compare ass n.²] U.S. slang. (a) originally Military (of a person) inexperienced, raw; (b) shoddy, shabby, miserably inadequate.

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced

youngOE

unfraisted?a1400

rudec1489

raw1534

unfleshed1542

untraded1542

fresh water?1548

unpractised1551

unexperienced1569

unacquainted1581

prenticea1586

fresh-watered1590

unsifted1604

unseen1606

unexperient1609

inexperienced1626

low water1643

inexperient1670

unproficient1794

nyoung1852

punk1907

raggedy-ass1930

1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie 134 What kind of raggedy-seat, cadet outfit is this that don't know where their own kitchen is?]

1930 T. Fredenburgh Soldiers March! vii. 50 The Raggedy Ass Cadets are out today.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues vi. 67 I'd have to travel five hundred to six hundred miles on a hot or cold raggedy-ass Blue Goose bus.

1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) iv. 62 Hard-core or raggedy-ass farmer, they all die the same.

2005 J. Casserly Triumph at Tiananmen Square 98 A raggedy ass dragon's head.

raggedy-assed adj. U.S. slang. = raggedy-ass adj.

ΚΠ

1929 in J. J. Niles et al. Songs my Mother never taught Me 182 The raggedy assed cadets are on parade.

1948 B. Ives Wayfaring Stranger 203 I like raggedy-assed ballad singers and the country is full of them.

1971 R. Flanagan Maggot 252 Respect what man, you raggedy-assed little fuck?

2002 D. K. Fletcher Cruelest Months xxiv. 153 What you mean by saying that, you raggedy-assed bitch!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	raggedy
释义	raggedyadj. Brit. /ˈraɡᵻdi/, U.S. /ˈræɡədi/, Irish English /ˈræɡədi/ Forms: α. 1800s– raggedy. β. 1800s– raggety, 1800s– raggity. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ragged adj.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < ragged adj.¹ + -y suffix¹.With quots. 1844 at sense 1b and 1846 at sense 1a compare the refrain of the ballad Billy Barlow (c1836) O dear, raggedy o, Now isn't it hard upon Billy Barlow. Chiefly U.S. regional, British regional, and Irish English. 1. a. Of a person: having a ragged appearance; wearing ragged clothes. ΚΠ 1831 Tralee (County Kerry) Mercury 5 Oct. 3/3 He met a poor raggedy labourer working in a dyke. 1846 Lima (Ohio) Argus 1 Dec. So don't let this brodder go raggedy, O, Nor drive him back home to his massa–no, no! 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 211 Fore and aft of the herd there were raggety boys holding the beasts in check. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxiv. 462 A raggedy kid with no shoes. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day iii. 38 The bridge..was lined..with raggedy men. 2003 E. Cooney Death in Slow Motion 63 The housekeeper gave a lot of food to raggedy men who came to the kitchen door. b. Of clothing: torn, frayed, in rags. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > ragged or tattered fitteredc1380 rattedc1400 fluttered1589 shagged-ragged1612 betattereda1704 tatterly1739 Falstaffian1809 out-of-elbowa1820 shreddy1835 raggedy1836 1836 Morning Reg. (Dublin) 18 Mar. 3/3 The man had a dark, raggedy, loose coat on him. 1844 Spirit of Times 20 Apr. 86/2 Nine boys in ‘Raggedy oh’ costume, were sent to the work-house the other day. 1845 Spirit of Times 22 Mar. 34/3 The childer's clothes was gittin' monstrous raggedy. 1893 Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Adv. Sci., Lit., & Art 25 201 My smock's a-got cruel raggety, I sim. 1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Oct. 62/2 Mostly she is wearing raggedy clothes and busted shoes. 1967 H. Porter in Coast to Coast 1965–6 171 Underwear got more raggedy. 1995 L. Gough Heartbreaker xxiii. 211 A trio of kids in raggedy shorts and T's and hundred-dollar sneakers were playing lane hockey. c. Esp. in African-American usage: miserable, meagre; dilapidated, shabby. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > very subter-superlative1655 terrible1775 third-rate1814 ternary1826 tenth-rate1834 No. Ten1880 tenth-remove1905 awful1916 raggedy1921 stinko1924 piss-poor1945 number ten1953 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous brychec1000 forcrazedc1320 falling-downc1384 ruinousc1384 forwordenc1450 ruin1467 failed1490 ruinatea1538 ruinated1555 ruined1560 ragged1565 dilapidate1590 through-shot1596 tattered1599 tottered1615 dilapidateda1806 delabrated1813 broken-down1816 tumble-down1819 run-down1832 tumblyc1855 raggedy1921 shot through1926 shot to hell or pieces1926 raddled1949 1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones 158 What good is gittin' money if you stays back in dis raggedy country? 1958 J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 77 Dis po' membuh, drivin' his ole raggedy T-model Fo'd to de chu'ch-house steps, is a disgrace to de whole membuhship. 1970 L. Meriwether Daddy was Number Runner (1986) 109 I was reading ‘Home to Harlem’ by Claude McKay and it was strange to discover that someone had written about these same raggedy streets I knew so well. 1989 B. M. Cooper & T. L. Wright New Jack City (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 22 The basketball courts..are too raggedy, and the kids need a place to play when it gets cold. 2003 A. Valdes-Rodriguez Dirty Girls Social Club 281 We pull up to the brown, raggedy triple-decker his sister lives in. 2. Rough, irregular, or straggling; unkempt. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > irregular in shape uneven1398 bastard1418 raggedc1450 odd1508 unruled1551 irregular1584 inordinate1667 rambling1676 odd-shaped1704 bizarre1824 scrawled1895 raggedy1896 scrawly1901 free-form1942 1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 358/1 Raggedy white patch between the shoulders..looked like somebody had hit him with a snow-ball. 1899 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Dec. 2/1 A man with..unpleasant-looking, raggedy teeth. 1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold v. 40 There was a raggedy blackberry hedge all round the field. 1938 L. Mumford Whither Honolulu? v. 16 Cities throughout America have been..over-extending themselves in raggedy fragments. 1979 G. Petrie Hand of Glory xxiv. 261 You came riding in..on raggety ponies. 2005 J. Barth Where Three Roads Meet 64 Long raggedy hair and beard, patchwork clothes like some displaced Robinson Crusoe's. 3. Of music or rhythm: irregular, uneven, syncopated; converted to ragtime. Cf. ragged adj.⁵ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm well-modulated1721 zoppa1740 bright1872 polymetric1878 swinging1884 ragtime1896 ragtimey1901 polymetrical1908 foot-tapping1915 toe-tapping1929 swingy1933 sewing machine1934 rocking1935 ricky-tick1939 raggedy1949 ricky-ticky1949 beaty1956 square1958 polymetred1966 head-nodding1967 1949 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (new ed.) viii. 186 The tempo is buoyant, the beat is alive, and the rhythm is very raggedy. 1975 New Yorker 19 May 113/2 A casual encounter between a boy and a girl who compete to the piled-up, off-center rhythms of many raggedy dances. 1999 J. E. Hasse in H. Carmichael Stardust Road (new ed.) Introd. p. vi There was the newfangled ragtime his mother played, rocking the piano as she beat out the raggedy rhythms of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Compounds Raggedy Andy n. U.S. a rag doll, the male counterpart of Raggedy Ann; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > rag-doll mop1440 moppet1682 rag baby1707 rag doll1752 Raggedy Ann1918 Raggedy Andy1920 1920 J. Gruelle Raggedy Andy Stories 2 Gran'ma had told Daddy..that at the time Raggedy Ann was made, a neighbor lady had made a boy doll, Raggedy Andy. 1974 News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 5- a/1 He was honored with a family party at his home with guests enjoying Raggedy Andy Cake. 2004 C. Ozick Heir to Glimmering World 118 He would have to be the Bear Boy in buckled shoes and long bangs and flounced collars all the rest of his life, like a Raggedy Andy doll that never changed its clothes. Raggedy Ann n. originally U.S. a rag doll with short, mop-like, red hair; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > rag-doll mop1440 moppet1682 rag baby1707 rag doll1752 Raggedy Ann1918 Raggedy Andy1920 1918 J. Gruelle Raggedy Ann Stories Pref. To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, I dedicate these stories of Raggedy Ann. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 124/2 Raggedy Ann costume, costume taken from child's story book about a stuffed doll. Consists of bright colored patched skirt, patched apron, simple white blouse, white socks and black shoes. Usually worn with ragged woolen wig. 1967 Southerly 27 209 Katrina..brushed the short, raggedy-ann hair until it shone. 2003 J. E. Lawson Sick: Anthol. of Illness 103 She held a Raggedy Ann doll and mouthed something. raggedy-ass adj. [compare ass n.²] U.S. slang. (a) originally Military (of a person) inexperienced, raw; (b) shoddy, shabby, miserably inadequate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced youngOE unfraisted?a1400 rudec1489 raw1534 unfleshed1542 untraded1542 fresh water?1548 unpractised1551 unexperienced1569 unacquainted1581 prenticea1586 fresh-watered1590 unsifted1604 unseen1606 unexperient1609 inexperienced1626 low water1643 inexperient1670 unproficient1794 nyoung1852 punk1907 raggedy-ass1930 1928 L. H. Nason Sergeant Eadie 134 What kind of raggedy-seat, cadet outfit is this that don't know where their own kitchen is?] 1930 T. Fredenburgh Soldiers March! vii. 50 The Raggedy Ass Cadets are out today. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues vi. 67 I'd have to travel five hundred to six hundred miles on a hot or cold raggedy-ass Blue Goose bus. 1986 D. A. Dye Platoon (1987) iv. 62 Hard-core or raggedy-ass farmer, they all die the same. 2005 J. Casserly Triumph at Tiananmen Square 98 A raggedy ass dragon's head. raggedy-assed adj. U.S. slang. = raggedy-ass adj. ΚΠ 1929 in J. J. Niles et al. Songs my Mother never taught Me 182 The raggedy assed cadets are on parade. 1948 B. Ives Wayfaring Stranger 203 I like raggedy-assed ballad singers and the country is full of them. 1971 R. Flanagan Maggot 252 Respect what man, you raggedy-assed little fuck? 2002 D. K. Fletcher Cruelest Months xxiv. 153 What you mean by saying that, you raggedy-assed bitch! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1831
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