faggot
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faggot
- /ˈfæɡət/
- [ˈfæɡət]
- /ˈfeɪ̯ɡət/
- [ˈfeɪ̯ɡət]
Rhymes with -æɡət, -eɪɡət
Where it comes from
From Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot (“bundle of sticks”), of uncertain origin. Unlikely from Old Occitan fagot or Italian fagotto, as these appear later than the Old French term. Compare also Italian fangotto and Spanish fajo (“bundle, wad”). Perhaps from a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle of wood”).
The senses relating to persons, though possibly originating as an extension of the sense "bundle of sticks" (compare baggage), may have been reinforced by fag, from fagging and/or by faygele, from Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to English fowl.
noun faggots · fagot · phaggot
- A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) In the depth of, winter, however, a faggot of real French Sticks — although of little intrinsic value — may possibly enliven for a few moments an English Fireside.
- Burdensome baggage.
- A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
- A burning or smouldering piece of firewood. He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
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A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork.
Today would be faggots in gravy and chocolate pudding with a white sauce. I didn't like faggots but picked at them and rolled the peas around my plate.
Similar: duck
- A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a non-heterosexual man. Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight.
- A homosexual person or non-heterosexual person of any gender.
- A queer person in general.
- A man considered effeminate.
- An annoying, inconsiderate or contemptible person.
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An old and/or shrewish woman.
I appoynt thée no more continencie, than to eate while thy bellie is full, nor conſtancie, but to brawle rather than burne: a filbert is better than a faggot, except it be an Athenian ſhe handfull: you know that Coſmoſophos, euer ſince your laſt mariage, how doth the father of your ſonne in law?
Similar: battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, cockatrice, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife, harpy, harridan
- A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing.
- A faggot voter. The Glasgow Herald thought that his attack on the faggots was too serious […]
- A lazy, weak, work-shy person.
verb faggots · faggoting · faggoted · fagot · phaggot
- Alternative form of fagot
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fag, pouf, fagot, poof, fairy, pansy, poove, queer, white people, grow up, bow down, go back, speak to, look after, go away, move on
Translations
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noun bundle of sticks
| Español | haz |
|---|---|
| Português | feixe |
| Français | fagot |
| Deutsch | Reisigbündel |
| Italiano | fascio |
| Русский | вяза́нка vjazánka, оха́пка oxápka |
| العربية | وَبِيلَة wabīla |
noun pork meatball
| Español | albóndiga de puerco, albóndiga de cerdo |
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title = {faggot},
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