ragi

or rag·gee, rag·gy

[ rag-ee ]

/ ˈræg i /

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noun

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

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Origin of ragi

1785–95; said to be <Deccan Hindi rāgī

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How to use ragi in a sentence

He put on a raggy old jacket, and bulged his lean cheeks out with pads of wool.
Curly|Roger Pocock
Nibbie was shabby-genteel black, sunburnt as to the mustache, grizzled as to the raggy fringe on his haunches.
Modern Essays|John Macy
You see, they really take such ages, and Miss Strong was getting raggy about my prep.
A Popular Schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
When she ran, there was a little white patch that showed under her tail; that was for Raggy to follow,—he followed it now.
How to Tell Stories to Children|Sara Cone Bryant

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

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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