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shagged

The English word “shagged” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having or covered with shaggy hair.
  2. Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  3. 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.
  7. Extremely tired.

Etymology

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”).

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