̈ɪˈræɡɪd adj. 1 (of
clothes etc.)
torn; frayed. 2
rough;
shaggy;
hanging in tufts. 3 (of a person) in ragged clothes. 4
with a
broken or
jagged outline or
surface. 5
faulty;
imperfect. 6
lacking finish, smoothness, or
uniformity (ragged rhymes). 7 exhausted (esp. be
run ragged). øragged
robin a pink-flowered
campion,
Lychnis flos-cuculi, with
tattered petals. øøraggedly adv. raggedness n. raggedy adj. [ME f. ON roggvathr tufted]