▪ 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.
| a 1100 in Napier O.E. Glosses 131/5191 Setosa,..raggie, loc[code]. (Cf. ibid. 155/30 Setosa, racᵹiᵹe.) c 1320 Langtoft Chron. (Rolls) II. 248 The roghe raggi sculke Rug ham in helle! 1483 Cath. Angl. 299/1 Raggy, fractillosus. 1567 Drant Horace, Ep. ii. i. G viij, Raggie rugged rymes. 1601 Holland Pliny xiv. vi, Upon a stony and raggie hill. 1750 Rutty in Phil. Trans. LI. 472 A sediment..partly white and raggy. 1822 Blackw. Mag. XII. 785 [It] sent up only weeded, raggy, and mixed crops. 1876 Smiles Sc. Natur. ii. (ed. 4) 38 His clothes were thin and raggy. |
| Comb. 1600 E. 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.
| 1900 G. 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.
| 1933 Fortune Aug. 92/1 At sixteen he began to play raggy music for Washington society with Louis Thomas' orchestra. 1944 W. Russell in M. T. Williams Art of Jazz (1960) iv. 36 His feeling for a joyful, raggy, and stompy rhythm. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xv. 181 Duke wove tricky, raggy, endlessly inventive variations around the Miley theme. 1958 in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xv. 185 Arthur Schutt, whose raggy piano sounded on many a Mole or Nichols session. 1972 Jazz & Blues Dec. 30/2 Billie's very raggy piano. |
▪ IV. raggy
var. raggie.