draggled
part of speech
adjective; verb form (draggle, draggles, draggled, draggling — old-fashioned)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wet, muddy and untidy, especially after being dragged through mud or rain. tree →
2) Hanging limp and dirty, like the bottom of a long skirt or a bird's wet feathers. tree →
sense in the lessons
An old-fashioned, picture-making word found in older children's books, as in «draggled and dirty». It shows a character who has been through rain, mud or a river and looks a mess. In Alice in Wonderland the creatures come out of the Pool of Tears «a queer-looking party» with draggled feathers and fur clinging close; the word fits that scene.
examples
- The birds climbed out of the pool with draggled feathers. tree →
- After the storm, the cat came home wet and draggled. tree →
- Her long skirt was draggled with mud from the lane. tree →
- Toad looked a draggled sight after falling into the river. tree →
- The draggled flag hung from its pole in the rain. tree →
- We came back from the muddy walk tired and draggled. tree →
- When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying, “Here’s a dead mongoose. tree →
note
Old-fashioned; today people say «bedraggled», which means the same and is far more common. The verb «draggle» means to make wet and dirty by dragging. Do not confuse with «dragged».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «draggled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.