draggle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make or become wet, dirty, or bedraggled by trailing through mud or water

   Wet grass can draggle the hem of a long coat.

Formed from drag + the frequentative suffix -le, suggesting repeated or trailing movement. It is now most often encountered in the participle draggled, meaning wet, dirty, and untidy.

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