shagged
English
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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)
- (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
Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.
Adjective
shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)
- (slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.
- 1790, Nairne, Edward, “The Beggars”, in Kentish Tales, 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, Masters, John White, 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.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fatigued
Derived terms
- shagged out
References
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 345