# shagged

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #62,504

## Definitions
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.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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