Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raggle-taggle

/ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: rag-gle--tag-gle
IPA: /ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged.

Example Sentences

"The cocky little foot soldiers who had mopped up the north Burma jungle saw a knot of blue-grey, raggle-taggle men at the junction and wanted to fire on them."
"Gradually, these raggle-taggle remnants of the original counter-culture built up a neo-medieval economy based around crafts, alternative medicine and entertainment: jugglers, acrobats, healers, food vendors, candle makers, clothes sellers, tattooists, piercers, jewellers, and drug pedlars."
"The raggle-taggle host of freedmen dwarfed her own, but they were more burden than benefit."
"The prime minister must know that the only way to achieve his stated goal is to topple Gaddafi, and his intelligence will have informed him that the raggle-taggle army in Benghazi cannot do it for him."

Etymology

Alteration of rag-tag; see also -le.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/

Inflected Forms

more raggle-taggle (comparative) most raggle-taggle (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce raggle-taggle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹaɡ(ə)ltaɡ(ə)l/.
What does raggle-taggle mean?: Disorderly, in a messy or chaotic state; ragged.
Where does raggle-taggle come from?: Alteration of rag-tag; see also -le.

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