/ bɪˈdrægld; NAmE / adjective
made wet, dirty or untidy by rain, mud, etc. :
bedraggled hair / clothes
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: from be- thoroughly + draggle to trail something through mud or water, making it wet or dirty + -ed .
/ bɪˈdrægld; NAmE / adjective
made wet, dirty or untidy by rain, mud, etc. :
bedraggled hair / clothes
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: from be- thoroughly + draggle to trail something through mud or water, making it wet or dirty + -ed .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005