saggyadj.1
/ˈsaɡi/, U.S. /ˈsæɡi/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
Sedgy, reedy.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of
reedy1307
flaggy1382
reedena1387
sedgy1566
rushy1567
saggy1609
secky1610
cany1667
seavy1684
bentya1700
juncous1755
rushed1759
rush-grown1765
spritty1786
spratty1808
reeded1821
sedged1866
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xv. xxviii. 391 Fear gave my body winges. In a deepe Saggy couert I obscure me.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
saggyadj.2
/ˈsaɡi/, U.S. /ˈsæɡi/ colloquial and dialect.
Apt to ‘sag’ (see quots.).
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the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]
leathwakec1000
lithebyc1000
starka1275
stiffc1305
standing1340
bainc1440
waldinc1485
resolveda1500
supplea1500
lash1513
limber1582
sagging1599
laxed1623
unslakeda1625
laxated1652
springy1674
gangling1764
lithesome1768
swack1768
unslackened1770
lissoma1800
wandle1803
loose-limbed1823
loose1846
unslacked1848
saggy1853
loose-jointed1859
loose-hung1869
gangly1871
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down > sinking or apt to sink under weight or pressure
saggy1853
sagging1897
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > unevenly
saggy1853
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > drooping or hanging limply
droop?1507
flagging1540
sag1541
lolling1567
flaggy1576
fagged1578
flag1591
drooping1600
slouching1611
emarcid1661
flaggish1669
slouchy1693
tangly1812
sunken1823
adroop1833
saggy1853
loppy1855
floppy1858
drooped1873
flippy-floppy1905
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xlii. 391 The observatory of Sir James Ross at Leopold Island was moist and saggy.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 193 That gate wants knocking up at the hinges, it hangs so saggy.
1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood at Sag ‘A saggy body,’—a very stout person, whose flesh appears to hang.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Saggy, adj. said of anything drawn or bent down by weight.
1977 ‘L. Egan’ Blind Search ii. 30 An old saggy couch to sleep on.
Draft additions 1993
ˈsagginess n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > oppressive stillness or closeness
languor1742
closeness1780
mugginess1829
sagginess1946
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xxi. 355 Jamaica complained of the ‘sagginess’ of the weather.
1986 New Yorker 24 Mar. 40/3 Flab and a general sagginess had set in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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