zigzaggedhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zigzagged_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezigzagged, adj.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zigzaggedadjective

  1. 1774–
    Having a zigzag form or marking.
    1. 1774
      The body oblong; the line running down the side zigzagged towards the tail.
      O. Goldsmith, History of Earth vol. VI. 307
    2. 1781
      The zigzagged semicircle of this arch.
      T. Warton, Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire (1783) 4
    3. 1829
      [The house] presents sundry crowfooted, alias zigzagged, gables.
      Abbotsford Described in A. Cunningham, Anniversary 88
    4. 1841
      On the external barbs of the caudal feathers are two zigzagged bands.
      Penny Cyclopaedia vol. XXI. 86/1

zigzagged, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zigzagged, adj. was last modified in December 2024.