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Shagged

adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or covered with shaggy hair. rare
  2. 2
    Extremely tired. slang, vulgar

    "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!""

  3. 3
    Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged. obsolete
  4. 4
    Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap. obsolete
  5. 5
    Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
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  1. 6
    Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  2. 7
    Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of shag form-of, participle, past

Etymology

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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

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