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Etymology
From rag

Pronunciation
(verb form): r�gd, /rægd/, /<tt>r{gd</tt>/
(adjective): r�g'ĭd, /�rægɪd/, /<tt>"r{gId</tt>/
Category:English heteronyms

Verb form
ragged

#Past tense and past participle of to rag.

Adjective
en-adj

1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.

#:A ragged noise of mirth. -Herbert.

1. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
2. Rough; shaggy; rugged.

#:What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? -Dryden.

Translations
trans-top|Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken
Finnish: rähjäinen
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trans-top|Broken with rough edges
Finnish: epätasainen, rosoinen
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trans-top|Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear
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trans-top|Wearing tattered clothes
Finnish: rähjäinen, ryysyinen
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trans-top|Rough; shaggy; rugged
Finnish: epätasainen, rosoinen
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Derived terms
ragged lady
raggedly
raggedness
ragged robin<!--Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (L. Flos-cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. -->
ragged sailor<!-- (Bot.), prince's feather (Polygonum orientale). -->
ragged school<!-- Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -->

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• 2007-12-04 00:14 - DCDuring - /* Adjective */ adj template, slight wikification

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