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dagger | daggier |

As a noun dagger

is (soccer) a player, supporter or other person connected with.

As an adjective daggier is

(daggy).

dagger

English

Etymology 1

Probably from (etyl) dague (1229), related to (etyl), (etyl), (etyl) daga , (etyl) Degen, (etyl) . In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm Grimm suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique'', 1750) thought that French ''dague'' was a derivation from German ''dagge'', ''dagen , although not attested until a much later date). The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca'' in his ''Philippide''. Other Middle Latin forms include ''daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga''http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER; the forms with ''-r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400. Relation to Old Armenian .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (weapon) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
  • * , Act I, Scene I, line 282.
    • I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; ...
  • * 1786 , , A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 34.
    • The dagger , under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
  • The text character ; the obelus.
    • Synonyms
    * (stabbing weapon): dirk, knife * (text character): obelisk, obelus * (anything that causes pain like a dagger) barb
    Derived terms
    * at daggers drawn * cloak-and-dagger * double dagger * look daggers * speak daggers * stare daggers
    See also
    * poniard * rondel * stiletto

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps from (diagonal).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

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    References

    daggier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (daggy)

    • daggy

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (Australian slang) Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
  • * 2006 , , Not Quite Ripe: A Memoir , page 49,
    • We wore hippie clothes, looking more daggy than cool.
  • * 2008 , Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple: A Memoir of Life, Love (okay and Sex) in New York City , unnumbered page,
    • I began to feel even more daggy when Bianca swanned me around to meet her sexy, skinny and beautiful friends.
  • * 2011 , Joanne Van Os, The Secret of the Lonely Isles , page 1,
    • The daggiest house in the Bay, that was how people talked about the Isherwood House.
  • * 2011 , Chris Buch, Hello Sunshine: A Blitz Kid's Journey to the Sunshine State , page 288,
    • Actually this wasn?t too bad as a jazz venue, being in the daggiest' pub in the '''daggiest''' part of Capalaba which, in 2004 was still a pretty ' daggy suburb.