baggage
/ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.74 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
Uncountable
noun
Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Please put your baggage in the trunk."
- "As soon as they had determined on their course, Ya-nei slid under the bed, and made himself a place among the baggages."
- "Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage."
- "Alone, she clings to her baggages on the street."
- "The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months."
- "Uncountable synonyms: luggage; gear; stuff"
Etymology
From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age. The old meaning of "nasty woman" likely derives from the sense of "something awkward to be carried" (compare faggot).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bagage, -