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English word origin

Etymology of baggy

Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English baggy

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Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
adj

Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. · Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing. · Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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Source etymology 1 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches. · Such a bag filled with marijuana.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Presumably a back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies. Also analyzable as bag + -y (diminutive suffix).

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  • Word-formation componentbagen
  • Word-formation component-yen
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