aggie

See also: Aggie

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɡi/; enPR: ăʹgē

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æɡi

Etymology 1

From agate + -ie.

Noun

aggie (countable and uncountable, plural aggies)

1. (informal) Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.
   • 1950, The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury:

     Mrs. Collins. Never seen so many children out. Snowmen in every yard this year.
     Billy. Look at mine, Mr Willis. Got a baseball for a nose and my best aggies for eyes.
     Mr. Willis. Yeah, marbles are fine—but in my day we used coal.

   • 1999, Abdelkader Benali, Susan Massotty, Wedding by the Sea, page 60:

     Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle French agriculturebor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros

Proto-Italic *agros

Latin ager

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti

Proto-Italic *kʷelō

Latin colō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin cultūra

Latin agricultūrabor.

Middle English agriculture

English agriculture

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English agricultural

English -ie

English aggie

From agricultural + -ie.

Noun

aggie (plural aggies)

1. (US, informal) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
2. (US, informal) A student or alumnus of such a school.

Etymology 3

Adjective

aggie (comparative more aggie, superlative most aggie)

1. Alternative form of aggy.
   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 191:

     I got aggie like a motherfucker.