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   riggish

   /ˈrɪɡɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. lustful or sexually unrestrained (typically used of a woman). archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century: perhaps from dialect rig ‘imperfectly castrated animal’ (associated with wild behaviour).

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   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of RIGGISH is wanton. How to use riggish in a sentence.

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   • The earliest known use of the adjective riggish is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for riggish is from 1569, in the writing of T. Roest. riggish is of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rig n.4, rig v.4, wrig v., rig n.2, ‑ish suffix1.

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   What does rig mean?

   • From rig (“a wanton girl”) + -ish . Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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   adjective. rig· gish. ˈrigish. chiefly dialectal. : wanton. riggish embraces C. E. Montague. Word History. Etymology. rig entry 6 + -ish. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

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   What does the adjective riggish mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective riggish. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the adjective riggish? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

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   riggish. Obsolete, dialect wanton or lewd.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Definition of riggish in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of riggish. What does riggish mean? Information and translations of riggish in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

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   What does riggish‎ mean? riggish ( English) Origin & history. From rig ("a romp") + -ish . Adjective. riggish ( comparative more riggish, superlative most riggish) ( archaic) Like a rig or romp; wanton; lewd. Riggish and unmaidenly. — Bishop Hall. 2008, Sandra Gulland, Mistress of the Sun: A Novel - Page 126:

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   Aug 7, 2023 · riggish (comparative more riggish, superlative most riggish) Wanton; lewd; tomboyish

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   Define riggish. riggish synonyms, riggish pronunciation, riggish translation, English dictionary definition of riggish. adj obsolete dialect wanton or lewd Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998,...