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ragtime noun & adjective. L19.
[Prob. from RAG noun4 + TIME noun.]
A. noun. Music characterized by a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment, evolved among black American musicians in the 1890s and played esp. on the piano. L19.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling ragtime; slang disorderly, disreputable. E20.
ragtimer noun a person who plays ragtime E20.
ragtimey, ragtimy adjective suggestive of ragtime E20.