ragi

or rag·gee, rag·gy

[ rag-ee ]

/ ˈræg i /

noun

a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.

Origin of ragi

1785–95; said to be <Deccan Hindi rāgī

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Example sentences from the Web for ragi

At length he saw, through the front window, Raggy Steggles walking down the road.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 40, April, 1894|Various
He put on a raggy old jacket, and bulged his lean cheeks out with pads of wool.
Curly|Roger Pocock
Go on, my good girl—if you want to make me raggy, you just shan't succeed, that's all!
The Luckiest Girl in the School|Angela Brazil
Do you mean that clean, raggy little man who looked through you, but not at you?
The House of the Misty Star|Fannie Caldwell Macaulay

The snake dropped Raggy to strike at her, and Raggy rolled on to his feet and ran.
How to Tell Stories to Children|Sara Cone Bryant

British Dictionary definitions for ragi

ragi

raggee or raggy

/ (ˈræɡɪ) /

noun

a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in Africa and Asia for its edible grain

Word Origin for ragi

C18: from Hindi

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单词	ragi
释义	ragi or rag·gee, rag·gy [ rag-ee ] / ˈræg i / noun a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain. Origin of ragi 1785–95; said to be <Deccan Hindi rāgī Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ragi At length he saw, through the front window, Raggy Steggles walking down the road. The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 40, April, 1894\|Various He put on a raggy old jacket, and bulged his lean cheeks out with pads of wool. Curly\|Roger Pocock Go on, my good girl—if you want to make me raggy, you just shan't succeed, that's all! The Luckiest Girl in the School\|Angela Brazil Do you mean that clean, raggy little man who looked through you, but not at you? The House of the Misty Star\|Fannie Caldwell Macaulay The snake dropped Raggy to strike at her, and Raggy rolled on to his feet and ran. How to Tell Stories to Children\|Sara Cone Bryant British Dictionary definitions for ragi ragi raggee or raggy / (ˈræɡɪ) / noun a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in Africa and Asia for its edible grain Word Origin for ragi C18: from Hindi Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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