raggedy

English

Etymology

From ragged +‎ -y. By surface analysis, rag +‎ -ety.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡɪdi/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

raggedy (comparative raggedier, superlative raggediest)

1. (of clothing) Torn, ragged or tattered.
2. (of a person) Wearing torn or tattered clothes.

Derived terms

• raggedy-ass

Translations

of ragged clothing

• Galician: esfarrapado
• Latin: pseudovestatus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: loslitt

• Portuguese: esfarrapado (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: piullach
• Swedish: sliten (sv), luggsliten (sv), feschlig (dialectal)

wearing ragged clothes

• Scottish Gaelic: piullach
• Spanish: harapiento (es) m, andrajoso (es) m, desarrapado m, desharrapado m, zarrapastroso (es) m, hilachento m