Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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