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Faggot
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- 1 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.) Ireland, UK, collective
"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."
- 2 a bundle of sticks and branches bound together wordnet
- 3 Burdensome baggage. obsolete
- 4 offensive term for a homosexual man wordnet
- 5 A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
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- 6 A burning or smouldering piece of firewood. dated, rare
"He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The waning faggot cast red light over his fangs."
- 7 A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.) Ireland, UK
"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."
- 8 A gay man, especially an effeminate one. offensive, vulgar
"Drag, Example: “All the fagots (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight."
- 9 A non-heterosexual man. broadly, offensive, vulgar
- 10 A man considered effeminate. Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar
- 11 An annoying or inconsiderate person. Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar
- 12 A shrewish woman. Ireland, UK, colloquial, dated, derogatory, offensive
"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?"
- 13 A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing. obsolete, offensive, possibly
- 14 A faggot voter. Ireland, UK, historical, offensive, possibly
"The Glasgow Herald thought that his attack on the faggots was too serious […]"
- 15 A lazy, weak, work-shy person. Ireland, UK, dated, offensive, slang
- 1 Alternative form of fagot. alt-of, alternative
- 2 bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot wordnet
- 3 fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them wordnet
- 4 ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch wordnet
Etymology
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", may have been reinforced by faygele, from Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to English fowl.
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", may have been reinforced by faygele, from Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele, “homosexual”, literally “little bird”), related to English fowl.
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