RAGMATICAL ADJ. wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY probably from either rag (n. a piece of old cloth, esp. one torn from a larger piece, esp. any of the scraps to which a garment is reduced by wear and tear), or rag (vb. to scold, to reprove, to dress down) + -matical as in pragmatical FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1742 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Nay," said the lady, "the boy is well enough." — "La! ma'am," cries Slipslop, "I think him the ragmaticallest fellow in the family." — "Sure, Slipslop," says she, "you are mistaken: but which of the women do you most suspect?..." From: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding
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