单词 | haggly |
释义 | hagglyadj.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cut hacked?1440 ripped1552 bemangled1570 cut1594 woundedc1595 haggled1598 incised1598 gashed1602 hackled1611 carbonadoeda1616 gashya1625 sleft1627 mangled1779 haggly1825 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Haggle Hagglie, Rough, uneven, Clydes., q. what bears the marks of having been haggit or hewed with an axe. 1893 Baptist Missionary Mag. Apr. 105/1 I found a strange fibrous plant, with a haggly leaf and drab flower. 1914 Bk. News Monthly Feb. 267 I..undertook to saw it in half with a haggly little saw of tin from my Christmas toolchest. 2. Characterized by haggling or bargaining. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [adjective] > characterized by Jewing1848 haggly1862 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. v. 474 It is hoped the Insurrection will go well, and not prove haggly, or hang fire in the details. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. vii. 347 A haggly settlement. 2014 @maybeswabey 14 June in twitter.com (accessed 15 Jan. 2021) The fruits of an incredibly polite & not very haggly haggling session. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825 |
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