straggled

Meanings

• Adjective

  1. Scattered or dispersed in a disorganized or irregular manner.

  - "The leaves were straggled along the path."
  - "His hair was straggled after the windy hike."

• Adjective

  2. (of a horse or hound) having long unkempt hair or mane.

  - "The stallion was a straggled beast."
  - "The hound's straggled mane flowed in the wind."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with straggled
daggled , dragged , flagged , gragged , haggled , lagged , magged , ragged , tagged

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Variants

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straggle , straggled , straggler , stragglers , straggles , straggling

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Etymology

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Old English strægl, strǣgl 'thread, string, band; a row, series; a course, direction; a trace, track, footprint; a lineage, descent; a straggling thing or person'

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Trivia

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1. The word straggled is derived from the Old English word strægl, meaning 'thread, string, band'.

2. Straggled is often used to describe the appearance of long-haired animals, such as horses and hounds.

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Related Concepts

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1. disorganized: Related to a lack of order or organization.

2. scattered: Related to being spread out or dispersed.

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Culture

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Straggled is often used in literature and poetry to describe a disorganized or chaotic scene, as well as in descriptions of animals or people with long, unkempt hair.

How to Memorize "straggled"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a disorganized pile of leaves or a horse with long, unkempt mane.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a messy room or a wild animal.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence using the word straggled: 'The straggled leaves made a crunching sound as I walked through the forest.'

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