different between ragged vs customary
ragged
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse r?gvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?g'?d, IPA(key): /??æ??d/
Adjective
ragged (comparative more ragged, superlative most ragged)
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- a ragged coat
- a ragged sail
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- ragged rocks
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- 1912, David Herbert Lawrence, The Trespasser, Chapter 12
- There was a ragged noise of bleating from the flock penned in a corner of the yard. Two red-armed men seized a sheep, hauled it to a large bath that stood in the middle of the yard, and there held it, more or less in the bath, whilst a third man baled a dirty yellow liquid over its body.
- 1912, David Herbert Lawrence, The Trespasser, Chapter 12
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- a ragged fellow
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
- Seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
- Seeking out the poorer quarters
- 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- (music) performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- a ragged hierarchy
- a ragged array, consisting of a number of arrays of varying size
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From rag
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?gd, IPA(key): /?æ?d/
Verb
ragged
- simple past tense and past participle of rag
Anagrams
- Dagger, dagger, dragge
Middle English
Alternative forms
- raggid, ragget, raggede, raggyd, ragyd, reaggeth, raged, raggit
Etymology
From Old Norse raggaðr; equivalent to and reinforced by ragge +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra?id/
Adjective
ragged
- ragged, raggy, raglike
- shaggy, furry
- rough, jagged, spiked
Descendants
- English: ragged
- Scots: raggit
References
- “ragged(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
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customary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st?m(?)?i/
Noun
customary (plural customaries)
- A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
Translations
Adjective
customary (comparative more customary, superlative most customary)
- In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage
- Synonyms: conventional, habitual
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- Holding or held by custom
Synonyms
- wont
Derived terms
- customarily
Related terms
- consuetude
- costumal
- costume
- custom
- customer
- customization
- customize
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