shagged

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

1. (rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.
2. (obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
3. (obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
4. Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
5. Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
6. Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.

Verb

shagged

1. simple past and past participle of shag

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

1. (slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.
   • 1790, Edward Nairne, “The Beggars”, in Kentish Tales‎^[1], 2nd edition, published 1824, page 51:

     No, I am shagged, for I know, / Jack Ragaboy, awhile ago, / Got sorely flogg'd for begging there; / The beadle had him to the may'r!"

   • a. 1821, John White Masters, Dick and Sal at Canterbury Fair:

     An Sal sung out, "why dis here wall, / It looks sa old an hagged; / I'm mortally afared 'twill fall / An I was deadly shagged.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fatigued

Derived terms

• shagged out

References

• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[2], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 345