faggot.
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.)
Meaning & usage
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.)
Burdensome baggage.
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork.
A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a non-heterosexual man.
A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a non-heterosexual man. A homosexual person or non-heterosexual person of any gender.
A gay man, especially an effeminate one; (by extension) a non-heterosexual man. A queer person in general.
A man considered effeminate.
An annoying, inconsiderate or contemptible person.
An old and/or shrewish woman.
A soldier numbered on the muster roll, but not really existing.
A faggot voter.
A lazy, weak, work-shy person.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos)der. Vulgar Latin *facusder.? Old French fagotbor. Middle English fagot English faggot 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.
Alternative form of fagot.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos)der. Vulgar Latin *facusder.? Old French fagotbor. Middle English fagot English faggot 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.
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