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craggedness

[krag-ee] Origin

crag·gy

[krag-ee]
adjective, -gi·er, -gi·est.
1.
full of crags.
2.
rugged; harsh; rough.
Also, crag·ged [krag-id] .


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see crag1, -y1

crag·gi·ly, crag·ged·ly, adverb
crag·gi·ness, crag·ged·ness, noun
un·crag·gy, adjective
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Craggedness is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

craggy
mid-15c., from crag.
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