jaggy

[jag-ee]

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adjective, jag·gi·er, jag·gi·est.

jagged; notched.

Origin of jaggy

First recorded in 1710–20; jag¹ + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for jaggy

Historical Examples

So let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.
Peter and Wendy
James Matthew Barrie
I like its roundnesses—and I hate the jaggy dryness of lime-stone, that burns in the sun, and withers.
Sea and Sardinia
D. H. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for jaggy

jaggy

adjective -gier or -giest

a less common word for jagged
Scot prickly

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Examples from the Web for jaggy

Historical Examples

So let us watch and say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt.

I like its roundnesses—and I hate the jaggy dryness of lime-stone, that burns in the sun, and withers.

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Origin of jaggy