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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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passe
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
passe (comparative more passe, superlative most passe)
- Alternative spelling of passé
Etymology 2
Verb
passe (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)
- Obsolete spelling of pass
Anagrams
- apess, apses, spaes
Danish
Etymology 1
Verb
passe (imperative pas, infinitive at passe, present tense passer, past tense passede, perfect tense passet)
- to look after
- Jeg lovede at passe min lillesøster.
- I promised to look after my little sister.
- Jeg lovede at passe min lillesøster.
Etymology 2
Verb
passe (imperative pas, infinitive at passe, present tense passer, past tense passede, perfect tense passet)
- to be true
- Kan det virkelig passe?
- Can it really be true?
- Kan det virkelig passe?
- to fit
- Låget passer ikke til glasset; det må høre til et andet glas.
- The lid doesn't fit with the jar; it must belong to a different jar.
- Låget passer ikke til glasset; det må høre til et andet glas.
References
- “passe” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
passe
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of passen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?s/, /pas/
- Rhymes: -?s, -as
Noun
passe f (plural passes)
- pass (the act of passing)
- pass (passageway)
- (sports) pass
Noun
passe m (plural passes)
- pass (document allowing entry)
Verb
passe
- inflection of passer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
Further reading
- “passe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pesas
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -as?
Verb
passe
- inflection of passen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Ladin
Verb
passe
- inflection of passer:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person singular and plural present subjunctive
Latin
Participle
passe
- vocative masculine singular of passus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German passen
Verb
passe (imperative pass, present tense passer, passive passes, simple past and past participle passa or passet, present participle passende)
- to fit (be the right size and shape)
- to suit (someone)
- to look after (e.g. children)
- to pass (a ball; at cards)
References
- “passe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- passa
Etymology
From German passen
Verb
passe (present tense passar, past tense passa, past participle passa, passive infinitive passast, present participle passande, imperative pass)
- to fit (be the right size and shape)
- to suit (someone)
- to look after (e.g. children)
- to pass (a ball; at cards)
References
- “passe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
passe
- first-person singular present middle of passati (“to see”)
- first/second/third-person singular optative active of passati (“to see”)
Portuguese
Etymology
Back-formation from passar (“to pass”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pas?se
Noun
passe m (plural passes)
- pass (document granting admission or permission to pass)
- (sports) pass (the act of moving the ball to another player)
- an employment contract
- (bullfighting) pass (the act of tricking the bull into running through the cape)
Verb
passe
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of passar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of passar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of passar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of passar
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