zigzagged, a.
(ˈzɪgzægd)
[f. zigzag n. or v. + -ed.]
Having a zigzag form or marking.
| 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) III. 62 The body oblong; the line running down the side zigzagged towards the tail. 1781 Warton Hist. Oxf. (1783) 4 The zigzagged semicircle of this arch. 1829 Anniversary 88 [The house] presents sundry crowfooted, alias zigzagged, gables. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 86/1 On the external barbs of the caudal feathers are two zigzagged bands. |
Hence ˈzigzaggedly adv.; ˈzigzaggedness.
| 1893 Strand Mag. VI. 693 It is in accordance with the general zig-zaggedness of things that the most popular residents in the fish-house are the birds. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxxiii. 230 How zigzaggedly you talk. What has poetry to do with Mr Crimble? 1977 R. Katz Ziggurat vi. 55 It [sc. a ball] rolled zigzaggedly for a while. |