Definitions for ragamuffin
ˈræg əˌmʌf ɪnraga·muf·fin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ragamuffin, tatterdemalionnoun

   a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ragamuffinnoun

   A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.

2. ragamuffinnoun

   (According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable): A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a 'regular muff'; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags.

3. ragamuffinnoun

   A breed of domestic cat which is an off shoot from the Ragdoll.

4. Ragamuffinnoun

   A domestic cat breed.

5. Ragamuffinnoun

   A cat of this breed.

6. Etymology: From the Middle English Ragamuffyn.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ragamuffinnoun

   Etymology: from rag and I know not what else.

   I have led my ragamuffins where they were pepper’d; there’s not three of my hundred and fifty left alive; and they are for the town’s end to beg during life. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   Shall we brook that paltry ass
   And feeble scoundrel, Hudibras,
   With that more paltry ragamuffin,
   Ralpho, vapouring and huffing. Hudibras, p. i.

   Attended with a crew of ragamuffins, she broke into his house, turned all things topsy-turvy, and then set it on fire. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ragamuffin

   A ragamuffin is typically described as a person, usually a child, who is dressed in ragged or dirty clothes, thus giving an appearance of being impoverished or neglected. The term can also be used more broadly to refer anyone or anything that appears disheveled or unkempt.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Ragamuffinnoun

   a paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch

2. Ragamuffinnoun

   a person who wears ragged clothing

3. Ragamuffinnoun

   the long-tailed titmouse

4. Etymology: [Cf. Ragamofin, the name of a demon in some of the old mysteries.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ragamuffin

   The Ragamuffin is a breed of domestic cat, a variant of the Ragdoll, that first made its appearance in 1994. Ragamuffins are notable for their friendly personalities and thick, rabbitlike fur.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ragamuffin in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ragamuffin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ragamuffin in a Sentence

1. Gloria DeHaven:

   Chaplin needed two kids to play Paulette Goddard's ragamuffin sisters, all we had to do was wear tattered clothes, eat bananas and do big takes. I thought, 'If this is show business, count me in.'.

2. Jacob Bronowski:

   The University is a Mecca to which students come with something less than perfect faith. It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies they are not here to worship what is know, but to question it.

3. Jacob Bronowski:

   It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ragamuffin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ragamuffin
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ragamuffin
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ragamuffin
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ragamuffin