adjective, scrag·gi·er, scrag·gi·est.
- lean or thin; scrawny.
- meager.
- irregular; craggy; jagged.
adjective -gier or -giest
- lean or scrawny
- rough; unkempt
adj.early 13c., “rough, jagged” (figurative); 1570s, of landscape, “rough, rugged, stumpy;” 1610s, of persons, “gaunt and wasted, lean, thin, bony;” see scrag + -y (2), and cf. scroggy, scraggly. In Scottish, scranky. Related: Scragginess.