RAGTIME


Meaning of RAGTIME in English

n. & adj.

n. music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly-accented accompaniment, evolved by American Black musicians in the 1890s and played esp. on the piano.

adj. sl. disorderly, disreputable, inferior (a ragtime army).

[ prob. f. RAG(4) ]

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