SHAGGED

shagged, shaggy

(adjective) having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; “junipers with shagged trunks”; “shaggy rugs”

SHAG

shag

(verb) dance the shag

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.

(obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.

(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.

Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.

Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.

Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.

Verb

shagged

simple past tense and past participle of shag

Etymology 2

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

(slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.

Synonyms

• See also fatigued

Source: Wiktionary


Shag"ged, a.

Definition: Shaggy; rough. Milton.

– Shag"ged*ness, n. Dr. H. More.

SHAG

Shag, n. Etym: [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]

1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.

2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

3. (Com.)

Definition: A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of cormorant.

Shag, a.

Definition: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.

Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]

Definition: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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