Scraggle
/ˈskræɡ.əl/noun
To make or become untidy, thin, or ragged in appearance.
Did you know?Scraggle is tied to a family of Germanic words behind “scrag,” “scraggy,” and even “scrag-end,” all circling the idea of something rough, bony, or stunted rather than polished.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
scraggen
“to make rough, ragged, or stunted”
Early Modern English
English
scraggle
“to become or make uneven, rough, or ragged”
Modern English
English
scraggle
“to make or become untidy, thin, or ragged in appearance”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skrag-
“rough, jagged, or bony; a rough projection or neck”